Nicaragua: Police Chamorro | the brother of the opposition leader arrested the news of the election

Pedro Joaquin Chamorro Barrios is among at least 20 Nicaraguans arrested this month as government repression escalates.

Nicaraguan police arrest brother of opposition leader Cristiana Chamorro, Daniel as president Extensive critique of Ortega it continues a few months ahead of the planned election on potential challenges.

Pedro Joaquin Chamorro Barrios was arrested on Friday under a newly introduced sovereignty law in the country.

Police said they are investigating “actions that harm the independence, sovereignty and self-determination” of the Central American nation.

At least 20 prominent Nicaraguans – including his sister and four other politicians who will run against Ortega in the November presidential race – have been arrested since early June.

This week, Ortega justified the crackdown by saying that his administration was arresting and prosecuting criminals who were staging a coup against him. “It simply came to our notice then. Everything we’re doing, we’re doing books, ”he said.

But civil society and human rights groups have denounced the 75-year-old man – who ruled Nicaragua from 1979 to 1990 and returned to power in 2007, after winning bids to win two elections since then – accusing him of growing authoritarianism.

The waves of arrests pushed him to Mexico and Argentina remove the corresponding ambassadors To Nicaragua on June 21, the two countries expressed concern about the “worrying political-legal actions taken by the Nicaraguan government”.

The Organization of American States (OAS) also issued a resolution this month to sound the alarm over the country’s “recent political climate and human rights situation”.

Former member of parliament Pedro Joaquin, he was a critical voice of Ortega and a member of the opposition Citizens ’Alliance group that intended to run in the elections.

Violeta Chamorro is the son of a former Nicaraguan president who defeated Ortega in 1990.

Pedro Joaquin’s brother, renowned journalist Carlos Fernando Chamorro, said his brother had been “kidnapped” by police on Twitter, “fabricating alleged crimes and crimes against citizens demanding free elections.”

Carlos Fernando was exiled abroad this week with his wife after police searched the house.

Police also in early June he attacked the house Sister Cristiana Chamorro, accused of money laundering. He rejected the accusation, saying it was an attempt to block his presidential candidacy.