A 57-year-old man arrested for taking part in protests against Nicaragua's government is killed by a bullet in a prison north of the capital.
MANAGUA, Nicaragua — A 57-year-old man arrested for taking part in protests against Nicaragua’s government was killed by a bullet Thursday in a prison north of the capital amid disturbances that left six prison officials injured.
Authorities said Montes Praslin and other inmates jumped prison staff and tried to take a weapon away from a guard. But relatives of the prisoners said several patrols of riot troops entered the prison and gunshots were heard. Soon after ambulances arrived, they said. Yonarqui Martínez, a lawyer for several detained protesters, told local television the disturbance took place in a section of the prison that holds hundreds of inmates the opposition calls political prisoners.
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