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Torture, darkness, rotten food: Freed Nicaraguan dissidents describe their prison ordeals

Por: Los Angeles Times World February 22, 2023

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Constant fear. Screams and the sounds of torture. Darkness in a small cell with just a hole in the floor for a toilet. Nicaraguan dissidents recall the months — and sometimes years — they spent in the notorious prisons run by the regime of President Daniel Ortega. “Those were three terrible years. There were threats, and I thought they might kill us at any moment,” said Victor Manuel Sosa Herrera, who was held in three separate prisons.... + full article



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