The former guerrilla and former vice-president of the Nicaraguan Victor Hugo Tinoco, one of the 46 opponents of the Daniel Ortega regime who has been detained since last year, is in “health” and fears of his life, relatives and human rights organizations warned on Tuesday.
In a document published in the press, Cristián Tinoco, the daughter of the prisoner, explained that her father suffered from “aggravating factors” such as high blood pressure, heart rhythm disorders and low white blood cell count.
“My dad's defense system is abnormally low. I already had a bone marrow biopsy to determine if it was cancer, and I couldn't find the cause of the decrease in the white blood cell count.”
Former arms comrade of Ortega, 69-year-old Tinoco, was sentenced to 13 years in prison for attacking national integrity in several trials against opponents arrested last year, including seven recent presidential candidates.
The arrest took place at the beginning of the November elections, and Ortega, who came to power since 2007, was elected for a term for four consecutive years.
Ortega accuses him of plotting to overthrow him with the support of Washington. Their regime pursues them in accordance with the law passed by the National Assembly of the Government in 2020, which punishes those who violate national integrity and promote acts that support sanctions and foreign interference.
Opposition parties and the international community believe that the arrest helped ensure Ortega's continued power.
The European Union said: “In this trial, judges and prosecutors systematically violated (...) The presumption of innocence was violated in a public memo from the prosecutor's office, describing prisoners as “criminals” and “criminals.”
On February 12, another opponent who was imprisoned, former guerrilla fighter Hugo Torres (Hugo Torres), died in a hospital after spending eight months injail. .
The Nicaraguan Center for Independent Human Rights (Cenidh) demanded the freedom of Tinoco. “He has good health and “his life is in danger.”
After Torres died, the authorities sent about 7 opponents with health problems who were imprisoned.
Of the 46 opponents who have been detained so far, at least 37 have been sentenced to imprisonment between 8 and 13 years.
One of the latest “culprits” found was Cristiana Chamorro, a favorite journalist who faced Ortega in last year's presidential election.
The beliefs of the daughter of former President Violeta Barrios de Chamorro (1990-1997) will be announced in the coming days.
(Including information from AFP)
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