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By Johnny Cajina (dpa)
HAVANA TIMES – Shooting, capture of opponents, attacks on religious and at least ten dead, marked the day of today in Nicaragua, while that international condemnation increases with the escalation of violence.
At least ten people, including four police officers and a girl who did not receive medical care, died in several Nicaraguan towns during paramilitary operations against protesters entrenched in streets and neighborhoods .
He lived in the city of Masaya, 27 kilometers from the capital, besieged and attacked for a long time by the combined forces of police and paramilitaries, according to Álvaro Leiva, director of the Nicaraguan Association of Human Rights. Man (ANPDH, independent). ] Leiva told Channel 15 (private) that it was urgent to establish a "humanitarian corridor" to evacuate a large number of wounded and injured. "We can not evacuate the wounded at this moment, please, as a humanitarian gesture that a corridor opens to get out the wounded." The city (of Masaya) is blocked. There is no way to get in or out and deny medical attention to the wounded in a conflict that becomes a crime against humanity, "he added.
According to the human rights activist, four riot police Ten-year-old girl from Catarina (southern Masaya) who was shot in the abdomen. "The girl is dead for lack of medical care," he said.
Violence erupted from the early hours of Sunday up to the neighboring small towns of Catarina, Niquinohomo (Masaya province), Diriá and Diriomo (Granada province), where the population woke up with the attack of the paramilitaries who expelled the "barricades" (barriers) and the barricades.
Not to mention the violent operations against the blockades, the official website "El 19 Digital" published photos of sections of road that he said "they are already released and the population can move with tranquility and security, to lead to their daily activities. "
Operations include the illegal detention of opposition protesters, badured Leiva
. The Special Rapporteur for Nicaragua of the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR) stated that the OAS agency had "knowledge of the repression". He urged the populations of Masaya, Niquinohomo, Catarina, Diriomo and Diriá with wounded and detainees. "The state seems to ignore the dialogue. Nicaragua must guarantee the life of the people and respect the legal procedures. "
The illegal detentions were also denounced by Yubrank Suazo, leader of the opposition Movimiento 19 de Abril de Masaya, who confirmed by telephone to Channel 15: strong presence of paramilitaries in all outings of the city" with the apparent intention of attacking Monimbó district, opposition stronghold in the protests against the government of Daniel Ortega.
The day also included attacks on religious. In Nindirí, south of Managua, paramilitaries and government supporters attacked the vehicle in which the bishop of Estelí (north), Mgr Abelardo Mata, famous critic of President Ortega, was rolling with bullets.
Meanwhile, in Catarina, south of Masaya, paramilitaries and police stormed into the house of worship of this tourist town and stole property from a priest, denounced the police. Archdiocese of Managua. Despite the violence of the last hours, demonstrations against the government and in favor of the release of protesters continued in the capital and in other cities of the country, including that of the peasant leader Medardo Mairena, detained on Saturday and tried today. Closed doors in the capital.
The IACHR and the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OACNUDH) informed that they were present at El Chipote Prison and in the Courts of the Managua Judicial Complex to find out the status of detainees. "Access was restricted in both places.We are asking the state and the Nicaraguan justice to access the legal status of the prisoners," said the IACHR today in a tweet.
The growing violence that is shaking Nicaragua today has been condemned by the European Union and the Spanish governments. Rica, Ecuador and Chile, who urged the Ortega government to resume the path of dialogue.
"The violence against students and civilians in Nicaragua, as well as the delay in providing emergency medical badistance to the injured, is deplorable," said Federica Mogherini, a representative of the Foreign Minister of the EU
"We hope that the authorities guarantee the security of the population and respect for fundamental rights, all violence must stop now."
Nicaragua is in its worst crisis in 40 years, which began with a student demonstration in Brazil and spread throughout the country after the violent reaction of the police.The independent human rights organizations have 351 dead, mostly civilians. Government recognizes only 49 people who have died.
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