HAVANA TIMES – In the early hours of this Thursday, February 9, the Ortega-Murillo dictatorship released 222 political prisoners, who were held in different prisons in the country, revealed sources linked to the relatives of the prisoners.
Diplomatic sources confirmed that the prisoners were sent out of the country on a charter flight that travels to the United States, where it will arrive in the US capital at noon.
Among those released are prisoners held in the Modelo and La Esperanza prisons for more than two years, and others who have remained in the infamous El Chipote jail and under house arrest for up to 600 days.
During Wednesday night, the hundreds of prisoners were taken from their cells and boarded on buses that took them to an unknown destination. Several of the prisoners who were under house arrest were also taken.
In recent weeks, Ortega judges applied “accessory penalties” to the sentences of political prisoners in which they impose an alleged “perpetual disqualification” of their political and civil rights.
Lawyers who are experts in criminal law described these sentences as “void”, “illegal” and “unconstitutional”, because they do not exist in the Nicaraguan legal framework. They further demanded the annulment of the spurious trials so that all prisoners of conscience fully recover their freedom and political rights
While the flight that transports the 222 political prisoners to the United States, the Ortega-Murillo regime has not provided any information about their release.
The US says it was a “unilateral decision”
The Biden administration informed the US congress today that the exile of the Nicaraguan political prisoners was a “unilateral decision” of the Nicaraguan Government, although it stressed that “we welcome these people to the United States.”
“While we have constantly pressed publicly and privately for the release of political prisoners in Nicaragua, the Government of Nicaragua made its own decision to release them,” the US government explained.
Biden noted that the United States facilitated transportation and entry into the United States and will provide “emergency support,” which includes medical care, provision of essential items, basic living costs, and psychosocial monitoring.
“We cannot comment on the details of the people released by the Government of Nicaragua, apart from indicating that included in this group is Mr. Michael Healy, a citizen with dual US and Nicaraguan nationality,” the communication said.
Ortega has spewed hate in his speeches
In November 2021, after his third illegitimate re-election, Daniel Ortega delivered the first of his most virulent speeches against the political prisoners, which he ordered jailed to nullify his electoral and political competition.
Ortega called the political prisoners “sons of bitches of the imperialists”, in addition to his customary epithets of “traitors and sellouts”, to deny them their status as Nicaraguans.
“Just as President (Franklin D.) Roosevelt said that Somoza was a son of a bitch, but that he was our son of a bitch, those who are imprisoned there are the sons of bitches of the Yankee imperialists. They should be taken to the United States because they are not Nicaraguans, they do not have a homeland. There they can serve for what they are, slaves of the empire, traitors to the homeland,” Ortega shouted to the applause of his followers.
Last January, Daniel Ortega also used his first speech of 2023, during the installation of the new legislative period, to make it clear that he will not exonerate the 235 political prisoners despite the “campaigns” for their release. He assured that “not even with a life sentence” could they pay off the damage that, according to him, they caused to Nicaragua during the massive protests of 2018, which he again described as a “bloody attempted coup d’état.”
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Here is the complete list of the political prisoners released and banished
Yader de los Ángeles Parajón Gutiérrez
Yaser Muhamar Vado González
Yubrank Miguel Suazo Herrera
Ana Margarita Vijil Gurdián
Dora María Téllez Argüello
Lesther Lenin Alemán Alfaro
María Fernanda Ernestina Flores Lanzas
Miguel de los Ángeles Mora Barberena
Suyen Barahona Cuán
Miguel Ángel Mendoza Urbina
Horacio Francisco Xavier Aguirre Sacasa
José Antonio Peraza Collado
Medardo Mairena Sequeira
Pedro Joaquín Mena Amador
Freddy Alberto Navas López
Víctor Hugo Tinoco Fonseca
Max Isaac Jerez Meza
María del Socorro Oviedo Delgado
Luis Alberto Rivas Anduray
Mauricio José Díaz Dávila
Jaime José Arellano Arana
Noel José Vidaurre Argüello
Irving Isidro Larios Sánchez
Roger Abel Reyes Barrera
José Alejandro Quintanilla Hernández
Arturo José Cruz Sequeira
Félix Alejandro Maradiaga Blandón
Violeta Mercedes Granera Padilla
Juan Sebastián Chamorro García
José Adán Aguerri Chamorro
José Bernard Pallais Arana
Daysi Tamara Dávila Rivas
Cristiana María Chamorro Barrios
Walter Antonio Gómez Silva
Marco Antonio Fletes Casco
Pedro Salvador Vázquez Cortedano
Pedro Joaquín Chamorro Barrios
Edgard Francisco Parrales Castillo
María Esther González Vega
Cinthia Samantha Padilla Jirón
Larry Reynaldo Méndez Duarte
Harry Bayardo Chávez Cerda
Yoel Ibzan Sandino Ibarra
Rusia Evelyn Pinto Centeno
Alejandra de los Ángeles Pérez González
Juan Lorenzo Jerónimo Emiliano Holmann Chamorro
Michael Edwin Anthony Healy Lacayo
Álvaro Javier Vargas Duarte
Oscar Danilo Benavides Dávila
Félix Ernesto Roiz Sotomayor
Jeannine Horvilleur Cuadra
Ana Carolina Álvarez Horvilleur
Hugo Ramón Rodríguez Flores
Gabriel Alfonso López del Carmen
Mildred Giselle Rayos Ramírez
Miguel Alejandro Flores Matus
Hilfrem René Saborío Rocha
Ramiro Reynaldo Tijerino Chávez
Sadiel Antonio Eugarrios Cano
José Luís Díaz Cruz
Sergio José Cárdenas Flores
Melkin Antonio Centeno Sequeira
Raúl Antonio Vega González
Darvin Esteyling Leyva Mendoza
Adolfo Román García Ramírez
Mario José Sánchez Vega
Carlos Alberto Lam Rodríguez
Fredys Antonio Laguna Serrado
José David Gallo Torrez
Allan Sebastián Bermúdez Corea
Sandra del Carmen Acevedo Díaz
Karla Patricia Vega Canales
José Noel Talavera Arauz
Nicolás Palacios Ortiz
Danilo Adolfo Dumas Blanco
Nora Indiana Cuevas Abaunza
Arnulfo José Somarriba Aguilar
Freddy Martín Porras García
José Javier Álvarez Arguello
Benito Enrique Martínez
Javiera Auxiliadora Jiménez Ortega
Guisella Elizaxbeth Ortega Cerón
Heydi Walkiria Ortega
Francisco Hernaldo Vásquez Delgado
Oscar René Antonio Vargas Escobar
Maybel Marginny Aguilar Mojica
Moisés Abraham Astorga Sáenz
María José Camacho Chévez
Hans Camacho Chévez
Manuel Antonio Obando Cortedano
Wilberto Artola Mejía
Martha del Socorro Ubilla
Thelma Estela Vanegas García
Javier Enrique Espinoza Rodríguez
José Ricardo Muñoz López
Donald Margarito Alvarenga Mendoza
Esterlin Soriano Gonzalez
Francisco José López González
Abel Daniel Brenes Sánchez
Santos Camilo Bellorin Lira
Alexis Peralta Espinoza
Nidia Lorena Barbosa Castillo
María José Aragón Abarca
Moisés David Salinas Paz
Rubén Araldo Manzanarez Mena
Armando Robles Alanís
Dominga de la Cruz Morales Jiménez
Isaac Isaías Martínez Rivas
María José Martínez Salas
Esteban Paniagua Espinoza
Luis Ernaldo Obando Granja
Franklin José Quintero Armas
Michael David Caballero Ayala
Edgar Antonio Ayala Valle
Ángel de Jesús Sequeira Zamora
José Gadiel Sequeira Zamora
José Ángel González Escobar
Jaime de Jesús Romero Carrión
Marvin Antonio Rodríguez López
Denis Ramón Chavarría Zapata
Max Alfredo Silva Rivas
Wilfredo Alejandro Brenes Domínguez
Marlon Antonio Narváez Franklin
Edwin Antonio Hernández Figueroa
Bryan Kessler Alemán
Óscar Enrrique Amador Acuña
Yorlin Efraín Robles Carballo
Augusto Ezequiel Calero Lazo
Jader Modesto Téllez
Juan Agustín Barrilla Chavarría
Julio César Pineda Isaguirre
Pablo Emilio Téllez
Danny Ángeles García González
Nilson José Membreño
Osman Marcell Aguilar Rodríguez
Bernardo José Ramos Galo
Manuel de Jesús Sobalvarro Bravo
Denis Antonio García Jirón
Francisco Xavier Pineda Guatemala
Kevin Antonio Zamora Delgado y/o Zamora Delgado
Kaled Antonio Toruño Maradiaga
Luis Carlos Valle Tinoco
Michael Rodrigo Samorio Anderson
Pedro Joaquín Rodríguez Mendoza
Marvin Antonio Castellón Ubilla
Richard Alexanders Saavedra Cedeño
Gabriel Eliseo Sequeira García
Ángel Sebastián Martínez Arana
Richard De Jesús Martínez Arana
Adrián Alexander Arana y/o Adrián Alexander Martínez Arana