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A Catholic lawyer has died in police custody in Nicaragua, the second such death in the span of a week. The incident is the latest in a series of disappearances and alleged abuses under the regime of President Daniel Ortega and Vice President Rosario Murillo.
Carlos Cárdenas Zepeda, a legal advisor to the Nicaraguan Episcopal Conference, was detained for the second time on Aug. 19 at his home in Managua. Twelve days later, on Aug. 30, his family was summoned by officials to identify his body, after being kept in the dark about his whereabouts, El País reported.
Cárdenas Zepeda’s body was reportedly found bearing visible signs of physical torture.
The case followed the death of another political prisoner, Mauricio Alonso Petri, a 64-year-old man whose body was found in the morgue after 38 days of enforced disappearance. He had been taken without explanation, and his family was only contacted for identification and immediate burial, under police surveillance.
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Carlos Cárdenas Zepeda, a legal advisor to the Nicaraguan Episcopal Conference, was detained for the second time on Aug. 19 at his home in Managua. Twelve days later, on Aug. 30, his family was summoned by officials to identify his body, after being kept in the dark about his whereabouts, El País reported.
Cárdenas Zepeda’s body was reportedly found bearing visible signs of physical torture.
The case followed the death of another political prisoner, Mauricio Alonso Petri, a 64-year-old man whose body was found in the morgue after 38 days of enforced disappearance. He had been taken without explanation, and his family was only contacted for identification and immediate burial, under police surveillance.
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Nicaraguan Catholic lawyer dies in custody with body showing signs of torture
A Catholic lawyer has died in police custody in Nicaragua, the second such death in less than a week The incident is the latest in a series of disappearances and alleged abuses under the regime of
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