After years, 222 Nicaraguan political prisoners have a second chance at life in the United States. Six of them are here in the Bay Area.
CONCORD -- After years, 222 Nicaraguan political prisoners finally have a second chance at life in the United States."The night of February 8, some Nicaraguan National Penitentiary System jail officers transported us to the Augusto Sandino International Airport in Managua, the capital," Brian Cruz, a former political prisoner, told KPIX."I thought they would torture us. Instead, we were forced to board a plane headed to Washington, D.C. Once on the air -- a big revelation.
The U.S. has referred to Nicaragua's leaders, President Daniel Ortega and his wife, vice president Rosario Murillo, as the heads of a"one-party, family-run dictatorship." They're currently receiving medical treatment, thanks to the efforts of human rights organizations like UNICA, a non-profit formed by the Nicaraguan Diaspora in California.
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