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(CNN Spanish) - There were moments of tension in Managua on Wednesday when hundreds of riot police closed one of the entrances of a shopping center, where citizens made a rally demanding the release of more than 130 protesting opposition protesters, to whom The government considers common criminals.
In a struggle between opposition activists and police, a journalist from a local channel was beaten and subsequently taken to a hospital.
We consulted Commissioner César Cuadra, head of public relations of the national police, about the operation carried out this Wednesday at the mall, but did not respond to our requests for information. The institution banned opposition protests for a year on the grounds that those who summon them upset public order and participate in what they call failed coup attempt.
Nicaragua continues in a socio-political crisis that began in April 2018 and has left 328 dead and tens of thousands of exiles according to the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights. However the government
Daniel Ortega officially recognizes 200 dead and has urged those he calls self-exiled, without specifying the number, to return to the country.
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