The two women, a loved one is sought after by the Nicaraguan authorities, have dual nationality. The Minister of French Foreign Affairs claims to “closely follow the situation of our two compatriots”.
Le Monde with AFP
Two women with the dual French nationality and Nicaraguan, one relative of which was wanted, were arrested Tuesday September 13 by Nicaraguan police, said an Nicaragua NGO in exile in Costa Rica.
“Jeannine Horvilleur Cuadra, 63, and her daughter Ana Alvarez Horvilleur, 43, both of Nicaraguan and French nationality, were arrested” last Tuesday, according to a press release from Nicaragua Nunca Mas (Nicaragua never more) who works) From Costa Rica Voisin.
Saturday, the French Ministry of Foreign Affairs said “following the situation of our two compatriots” closely and having “contacted the Nicaraguan authorities”. “The embassy is fully mobilized, in conjunction with the consular attachment station to Costa Rica,” added the spokesperson for the French ministry.
The NGO also reported the arrest of Mr. Felix Roiz, Ana Alvarez Horvilleur’s husband. This information was not confirmed by the Nicaraguan authorities.
According to the NGO, the police broke into the two women in search of their husband and father, Javier Alvarez. But he had already fled for reasons not specified by the NGO. The two women were then arrested and taken, as a reprisals, according to Nicaragua Nunca Mas.
200 Opponents of the imprisoned Otega regime
In an interview broadcast on Saturday by the internet media nicaraguan in exile 100 % Noticias, Mr. Javier Alvarez said it is currently in Costa Rica and claimed his indignation and his concern for his loved ones. Mr. Alvarez claimed his opposition to the government of President Daniel Ortega but he denied being an active activist.
According to him, the authorities asked that he is engaging in exchange for the release of his wife, daughter and his son-in-law, he said, in the very feared prison of El Chipote in Managua. “I’m not going to go back to Nicaragua … My life is in danger (…) There is a specifically directed action against me, I don’t understand why,” he said.
At least 200 opponents and criticisms of the Government of President Daniel Ortega are currently imprisoned in Nicaragua under the accusation of “betrayal” and “attack on the sovereignty of the country”, according to organizations of defense of the rights of the ‘ man and relatives of prisoners.
m. Ortega, a 76 -year -old former guerrilla, in power since 2007, accuses his opponents of having fomented a coup attempt in 2018 with the support of Washington. That year, demonstrations claiming the resignation of Mr. Ortega and his wife and vice-president Rosario Murillo, were repressed in the blood. The troubles have left more than 350 dead, among the opponents, according to international human rights organizations.
In November 2021, Mr. Ortega was re-elected for a fourth consecutive term at the end of a ballot where all his opponents of weight were absent, these having been arrested or forced to exile.