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A group of para-policemen in favor of the president Daniel Ortega in Nicaragua burst into the basilica of San Sebastián in the town of Diriamba and attacks to several bishops and journalists.
The aggression occurred when bishops surrendered Diriamba 42 kilometers south of Managua (Nicaragua), to liberate a group of paramedics. missionaries surrounded by parapolices in the temple
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"Thank God we managed to reach Diriamba and to removing the people who were in the temple The basilica as hostage What we suffered is nothing compared to what the majority in Nicaragua was a victim, "said Bishop Silvio Báez, also wounded in the right forearm
. a delegation of the Catholic Church, accompanied by the Nicaraguan Association of Human Rights (ANPHD), entered the central square of Diriamba whose basilica was surrounded by some 200 paramilitary hooded and parapolitic, as well as suppers of heavily armed police and some of them also face covered.
When bishops arrived, the uniformed officers disappeared to make room for hundreds of hooded civilians and partisans of Ortega .
These groups approached the basilica with the cry "deliver the weapons!" and "They were not students, they were delinquents!", referring to university students killed by the crackdown.
Cardinal Leopoldo Brenes attempted to address supporters of Ortega who shouted "murderer!" And "guilty!"
In the midst of a strong tension, bishops managed to gain access to the temple, as did some Ortega followers who shouted slogans in favor of the president. .
of the temple, there were at least a dozen paramedics and religious in purple robes and their faces covered with masks waiting to be released by the […] bishops
This group was evacuated through a side door of the basilica, while priests tried to block access backwards, without success.
During the fight the hooded assaulted with brutal beatings to bishops who were shot with guns, which allowed them to enter the temple inside machetes and pistols
In the midst of the confusion, the priests attempted to leave the temple by the back door, but were again attacked by the hooded
. The crowd in favor of Daniel Ortega took the opportunity to hit journalists covering the event, in addition to stealing and destroying their phones and work equipment, in which they had recorded the day.
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