Nancy Henríquez

Nancy Henríquez: Yatama’s legal representative taken to the police station with deception to arbitrarily detain her

On October 1, Yatama’s alternate deputy, Nancy Henríquez, an indigenous leader, was in Managua carrying out some errands when she received a call from the police in the service of the regime of Daniel Ortega and Rosario Murillo.

She was summoned to appear in District II of Managua for an interview to supposedly provide information about the case of the deputy and maximum leader of the Miskito people, Brooklyn Rivera, who had been missing since September 29, when her house was raided by the police in Bilwi and they took her to an unknown destination.

Nancy arrived in District III, where the regime illegally detains people it identifies as opponents for long periods of time after the cells of El Chipote were identified as a torture center.

At the time of the arrest she was accompanied by her minor grandson and niece, who, at the time of Nancy’s arrest, were locked in a room for about five hours.

According to media reports, the officers began to offend her and threatened to put the underage boy in the cell with her if she did not stop crying.

From that day on, no one heard from her, until almost two weeks later, on October 12, when they realized that she had been sent to the La Esperanza women’s prison, where she was allowed a visit from a relative.

Both Nancy and Brooklyn were removed from the National Assembly’s lists of legislators, and the regime-controlled Supreme Electoral Council canceled the Yatama party’s legal status, accusing the party of treason.

On October 11, the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR) granted her precautionary measures “after considering that he is in a serious and urgent situation of risk of irreparable harm to her rights in Nicaragua.”

The IACHR asked the State of Nicaragua to adopt the necessary measures to determine Nancy’s situation, to report on the conditions of detention in which she is being held, and to allow lawyers and her family access to the place where she is being held.

In view of the failure to comply with precautionary measures, the Inter-American Court granted provisional measures on February 1, 2024, ordering their immediate release.

Nancy Elizabeth Henriquez did not commit any crime.

Freedom for Nancy Henriquez!

We demand from the Ortega-Murillo regime: Free Nicas Now!