Nicaragua 2018 - the untold story

Submitted bytortilla onDom, 20/09/2020 - 11:07

Tortilla con Sal,  October 4th 2020

Reports and interviews with victims of opposition violence during the failed 2018 coup attempt

Many of these and other egregious opposition atrocities and crimes have been addressed in the independent report Dismissing the Truth, published in October 2018.

Nicaragua 2018: uncensoring the truth
Testimonies of victims of opposition violence
during the failed coup attempt of 2018


The attack and destruction of Nueva Radio Ya
Human Rights a la carte -The attack on Nuevo Radio Ya
El día cuando la oposición armada intentaba a matara
21 periodistas en la quemada de Radio Ya

5 oficiales heridos por sicarios que atacaron la Nueva Radio Ya

Attempted murder of Leonel Morales
The UPOLI was a base for terrorists supported by the MRS and other US henchmen
Entrevista con dirigente estudiantil Leonel Morales víctima de intento de asesinato por la oposición golpista
Attempted murder of student leader Leonel Morales

The burning of the historic town halls in Masaya and in Granada on May 12 and June 4, of the Public Prosecutor’s offices in Masaya on May 28, and of houses of Sandinista officials in Masaya.

The torture of Sander Bonilla in a Catholic church in León on June 21, in the presence of both a local Catholic priest and a protestant pastor

The torture and murder of Bismarck Martinez

Sniper fire in Jinotepe that killed two police officers Faber López Vivas and Hilario de Jesús Ortiz Zavala and injured one other officer

The trapping by roadblocks of over 400 large trucks along a 7km stretch of the Pan-American highway south of Diriamba for more than one month from June 5th, depriving hundreds of drivers of food and water, making extortion demands and ignoring international demands for heir release.

The hijacking of two fuel tankers in Jinotepe on June 19, which were then parked next to the main police station, followed by attempts to set off a massive explosion by firing mortars and lobbing Molotov cocktails at the tankers.

The torture and murder of Gabriel de Jesús Vado Ruíz
an unarmed off-duty police officer on July 14-15 in Masaya, after he was kidnapped at an opposition roadblock.

The attack on the police post in Mulukuku killing two police officers