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At least 10 people, including one girl, were killed yesterday in several Nicaraguan towns in paramilitary operations against protesters entrenched in neighborhoods and roads, accused an independent human rights organization. man.
The city of Masaya, 27 kilometers from the capital, besieged and attacked by the combined forces of police and paramilitaries, reported Álvaro Leiva, director of the Nicaraguan Association for Human Rights. man (ANPDH). Leiva told Channel 15 (private) that it was urgent to establish a "humanitarian corridor" to evacuate a large number of casualties, at least 20, and be able to save lives.
Meanwhile, in Mexico, Cardinal Carlos Aguiar asked The Bishops of Nicaragua who, he says, are experiencing tremendous and difficult tension.
At Sunday Mass in the Basilica, Aguiar called on the faithful to ask Cardinal Leopoldo Brenes and other bishops and men of good will. so that they can help their people find the paths to justice and peace. "
In fact, the bishop of Estelí, Mons. Abelardo Mata, escaped unharmed from a shooting perpetrated by paras ] when he was driving in his vehicle south of Managua, the Curia of the Archbishop reported. "His vehicle sustained damage, but he and his driver were not injured" after being refugees in a The house, the Curia said, confirmed that the shootings had been fired by paramilitaries.
Also in a tweet, Antonia Urrejola, Special Rapporteur for Nicaragua of the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (CIDH), has reported a "violent repression" in these cities of the dead, wounded and detained. "The state seems to ignore the dialogue (but) it must guarantee the life of the people and respect the lawfulness "
Nicaragua is in its worst crisis in 40 years and began in April with a demonstration Dante and has spread throughout the country after the violent reaction of the police with at least 351 dead, mostly civilians, according to humanitarian agencies.
The European Union and the governments of Spain, Costa Rica, Ecuador and Chile has condemned in recent hours the growing violence against students and civilians and urged the government of Daniel Ortega to resume the dialogue
"Acts of violence against students and civilians, as well as the delay in providing emergency medical assistance." wounded, they are deplorable, "said Chancellor Federica Mogherini in a statement. The Spanish Ministry of Foreign Affairs also called for the cessation of the pressure, as well as the Government of Costa Rica, which today denounces to the UN "the use of lethal force against students and civilians "and the Ecuadorian government has urged Ortega, in power for 11 years, to guarantee human rights. Costa Rica announced Monday that it would report to UN chief Antonio Guterres, visiting his country, "the use of lethal force" against the people.
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