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The Nicaraguan National Police arrested Víctor Hugo Tinoco, former vice chancellor of the republic during 1980 and a member of the Unión Democrática Renovadora (Unamos) party in Managua this Sunday night.
According to the police, he is being investigated in accordance with article 1 of Law 1055, the "Law for the defense of the rights of the people to Independence, sovereignty and self-determination for peace."
According to the police statement, Tinoco was detained for the investigation of alleged “acts that undermine independence, sovereignty and self-determination, incite foreign interference in internal affairs, request military interventions, organize with financing from foreign powers to carry out acts of terrorism and destabilization, propose and manage economic, commercial and financial blockades against the country and its institutions, demand, exalt and applaud sanctions against the state of Nicaragua and its citizens and harm the supreme interests of the nation.
CNN has not been able to consult Tinoco's lawyer, whose location, according to his relatives, is currently unknown.
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Cristian Tinoco, daughter of Víctor Hugo Tinoco, said on Sunday night through a video posted on his social networks that his father was taken by non-uniformed people when he was in a shopping center with his children and that he was transferred by force in a van that does not correspond to the characteristics of official vehicles.
CNN tried to obtain a version of the National Police about these events, but so far they have not responded.
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For its part, the political group Unamos, to which Tinoco belongs, said through a statement: "We denounce this new act committed hours ago against our party, within the framework of the frantic escalation of repression by Ortega."
During this Sunday, the police captured 5 leaders of Unamos, formerly the Sandinista Renovation Movement (MRS), about whom the group said: «We demand respect for the physical integrity of Dora María Téllez, Ana Margarita Vigil, Tamara Dávila, Hugo Torres and Victor Hugo Tinoco Fonseca ».
The Nicaraguan Center for Human Rights (Cenidh) expressed this Sunday on its social networks: "The Ortega-Murillo regime does not cease in its persecution of social and political leaders, now it has captured Víctor Hugo Tinoco Fonseca, former vice chancellor of Nicaragua" and demanded respect from your personal integrity.
With this case, there are already 13 opposition leaders arrested, including four presidential candidates.
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