The United States government says it has secured the release of 135 Nicaraguan political prisoners who have arrived in Guatemala. National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan said in a statement that they were released on humanitarian grounds.
GUATEMALA CITY — The U.S. government announced on Thursday that it has secured the release of 135 Nicaragua n political prisoners who have arrived in Guatemala, where they would apply for asylum permits to come to the United States .
“No one should be put in jail for peacefully exercising their fundamental rights of free expression, association, and practicing their religion,” Sullivan said. Guatemala President Bernardo Arévalo agreed to host the Nicaraguans while they apply for entry to the U.S. Opponents and organizations that have fled or been forced into exile in President Daniel Ortega’s years-long campaign to silence critical voices could be fined, sentenced to lengthy prison terms and see theirLast year, the government exiled more than 300 opposition figures, stripping them of their nationality. Far morethemselves to escape the repression that followed massive 2018 protests that Ortega dubbed a failed coup with international backing.
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