06/13/2021 2:09 PM
Clarín.com
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Updated 06/13/2021 3:38 PM
Nicaraguan police
arrested opposition activist Tamara Dávila on Saturday night
, and this Sunday, after keeping her home surrounded, former Sandinista guerrilla
Dora María Téllez
, a staunch opponent of Daniel Ortega's government
, was detained
, political spokespersons reported.
The police confirmed in a statement the arrest of Dávila, whom they are investigating "for carrying out
acts that undermine independence
, sovereignty and self-determination," and "requesting foreign sanctions," the same charges that are charged against seven other opposition leaders detained in the last days, including four presidential hopefuls.
Dávila is a leader of the opposition movement UNAMOS, formerly the Sandinista Renovation Movement (MRS),
a dissidence from the Sandinista Front party
led by Ortega.
He is also part of the opposition Blue and White National Unity (UNAB), created after the social unrest of April 2018.
Meanwhile, UNAMOS spokespersons reported that
the police surrounded the house of Téllez
, founder and leader of the MRS, south of Managua,
on Sunday morning
.
In the house is Téllez and also the opposition Ana Margarita Vijil.
Dora Maria Téllez.
AFP photo
"Pending Ana Margarita Vijil and Dora María.
Drones have already entered the property,
" Olama Hurtado, UNAB spokeswoman, reported in a chat with journalists.
The commander
Tellez, 65,
was a guerrilla commander of the Sandinista Front
.
At age 22, in 1978, he stormed the National Palace of Nicaragua, where Congress was in session under the government of the dictator Anastasio Somoza.
The notorious assault led by Edén Pastora (Commander "Cero"), who died last year, allowed the release of dozens of imprisoned guerrillas.
She was Minister of Health in the first government of the Sandinista Front (1979-1990), but years later she left that party after harshly criticizing the leadership of Ortega,
whom she has called "caudillo" and "dictator."
Ortega returned to power in 2007 and in 2009 the MRS was outlawed.
After the social uprising of April 2018,
Ortega accused Téllez and the MRS of being the "instigators"
of the protests that the government described as a "failed coup" to overthrow the Sandinista leader, who aspires to his third reelection in the November 7 elections.
Journalist
Cristiana Chamorro
, daughter of former President Violeta Chamorro and the favorite according to polls to face Ortega in the elections, has been under house arrest since June 2, under investigation for alleged "money laundering," while opposition candidate Arturo Cruz, Félix Maradiaga and Juan Sebastián Chamorro were sent to preventive prison in the last week.
The Prosecutor's Office points out to opponents of
having traveled to the United States to "request sanctions"
against some 31 officials and close associates of Ortega. The most recent sanctions were applied this week by the Treasury Department against his daughter Camila Ortega Murillo and three other seniors. government officials.
The opposition affirms that Ortega wants to eliminate his opponents from the electoral process because he says he
"fears" losing the elections
. Daniel Ortega, who will turn 76 in November, has been in power for almost 15 years and is betting on his third re-election for a fourth term. consecutive.
The Permanent Council of the
Organization of American
States
(
OAS) will analyze the situation in Nicaragua next Tuesday.
Source: AP and AFP
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