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Violence and blood
Riot police and paramilitaries entered 37 vans and surrounded Masaya, closing access to the city, according to images uploaded by residents on social networks .
"They are strafing houses in an irresponsible way, the message is that those who take their heads kills him, it's a terror.What worries me the most is the children , pregnant women and the elderly, "said Álvaro Leiva, secretary of the Nicaraguan Association of Human Rights (ANPDH)
deputy secretary of state for human rights affairs. Western Hemisphere Francisco Palmieri, "energetically" urged President Ortega "not to attack Masaya" The OAS ordered the same thing
"Violence continues and the bloodshed promoted by the Government in Nicaragua must stop immediately. The world is watching, "he wrote on Twitter
The action of government forces is part of the so-called" clean-up operation "that police and paramilitaries began weeks ago to expel protesters who demand the release of power from Ortega, a 72-year-old former guerrilla who has ruled since 2007.
"Here we are dying!"
The operation of yesterday, in which elite shooters were observed, was concentrated in the indigenous district of Monimbó, where the population erected paved barricades up to two meters.
"They attack us with high caliber weapons, c & # 39; is one of the most violent attacks launched in Masaya, there are detonations and machine gun fire, "said Cristian Fajardo, leader of the student movement on April 19.
More than 300 people died in the three months of protests, according to human organizations nitaires The boys resist "with mortars and stones, their bravery is worthy of praise."
Young Monimboseño with their faces covered in T-shirts, they were protected from shooting behind the trenches, d & # 39; 39, where they said that they are ready to die for a "free Nicaragua".
"Here we are not going to let them in, if we have to laugh at our country, we are going to die", we say in a video shot in the middle of the fight. [19659003"Itisan"exterminationambadacreagenocidethatisintendedtobecommittedagainstMasayaOrtegaisconductingacriminalwaragainsthispeople"condemnedVilmaNúñezpresidentoftheNicaraguanCenterforHumanRightsman(Cenidh)
The organizations call for the end of the repression
° The High Representative for Foreign Affairs of the European Union, Federica Mogherini, yesterday called on the Government of Managua to put an immediate end to the violence, to repression and arbitrary detention, and to respect fundamental freedoms ".
He also urged "that armed groups irregularities are dismantled."
For its part, the UN has accused the Nicaraguan authorities of serious violations of human rights, and s & # 39; 39, is deeply concerned by the disappearance of two representatives of the peasant movement; Medardo Mairena and Pedro Mena, arrested last Friday at the airport of Managua
Meanwhile, Vice President Murillo celebrated the advance of the "liberation" of cities from the barricades erected by the protesters, that she disqualified as "Minority full of hatred", but did not mention the victims, mainly students.
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