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The Nicaraguan National Police recently arrested journalist and presidential candidate for the Democratic Restoration Party (PRD) Miguel Mora Barberena, he said in a statement.
The authorities added in the document that they acted in accordance with article 1 of the "Law for the defense of the rights of the people to independence, sovereignty and self-determination for peace."
However, they did not specify the place or circumstances of the arrest.
According to the police statement, Mora Barberena is being investigated for alleged "acts that undermine independence, sovereignty, and self-determination, incite foreign interference in internal affairs and request military interventions."
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They are also investigating him for “organizing with financing from foreign powers to carry out acts of terrorism and destabilization, propose and manage economic, commercial and financial operations blockades against the country and its institutions, demand, exalt and applaud the imposition of sanctions against the State. of Nicaragua and its citizens, and injure the supreme interests of the nation.
CNN tried to reach family members of Mora Barberena, but they have not yet responded.
The journalist and presidential candidate is the owner of the closed 100% Noticias television channel.
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Mora Barberena was previously detained along with the media's press director, Lucía Pineda Ubau.
They were charged with various crimes - including terrorism - from December 21, 2018 to June 11, 2019.
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Pineda Ubau reported the second arrest of Mora Barberena from the social networks of 100% Noticias.
"That the life and integrity of people be respected, there is a child with a disability," he said, referring to the son of the detainee.
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Mora Barberena is the fifth presidential candidate arrested this month.
Before that, the journalist Cristiana Chamorro, who has been under house arrest since June 2, accused of abusive management, ideological falsehood and money laundering, was arrested;
former diplomat Arturo Cruz, arrested on June 5, and political scientist Félix Maradiaga and economist Juan Sebastián Chamorro, arrested on June 8.
The last three are investigated for alleged actions against national sovereignty, although all deny the charges.
They were sent to prison for 90 days by court order, while the investigation is expanded.
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Mora Barberena is the 15th opponent arrested for alleged actions against national sovereignty.
The Nicaraguan Center for Human Rights (Cenidh) condemned through its Twitter account what it considers the arbitrary detention of Mora Barberena.
"We demand that his personal integrity be respected," said the agency.
For her part, the former president of Costa Rica Laura Chinchilla commented this Sunday, through her social networks, about the arrest of Mora Barberena.
“It is almost midnight in this region of the world.
But the Ortega-Murillo regime, sheltered in the shadows and the silence of the streets, assaults privacy and detains one more journalist and political leader ”.
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The OAS Permanent Council, in a resolution approved last Tuesday with 26 votes in favor, called for the "immediate release of the presidential candidates and all political prisoners."
In addition, it "unequivocally condemned the arrest, harassment, and arbitrary restrictions imposed on presidential candidates, political parties, and the media in Nicaragua."
