\u200cNicaraguan Indigenous leader \u200band former lawmaker Brooklyn Rivera has died in state custody aged 73, the 100% Noticias news service reported on Sunday, citing family \u200csources. The report follows government confirmation last week of his detention since 2023 after demands for proof of life from his family, the U.S. government and United Nations representatives.<\/p>\n
Reuters could not independently corroborate the \u200creport and Rivera’s daughter, Tininiska, did not respond to a text message. The government of Nicaragua \u200chas not yet issued a statement on the report of Rivera’s death. Rivera was arrested in September 2023 as part of a government crackdown on political dissent, according to human rights groups. He was a sitting lawmaker at the \u2060time and \u200bhis family has said \u2060the government never formally admitted he was being held and denied family members visitation rights. Wednesday’s confirmation of Rivera’s detention \u2060was accompanied by photographs showing him bedridden, intubated and severely emaciated. The Interior Ministry described his condition as “delicate, with mechanical \u200bventilation through a tracheotomy and intravenous feeding” owing to “multiple organ failure, a cirrhotic liver and \u2060an active lung infection.”<\/p>\n
The U.S. Bureau of Western Hemisphere Affairs denounced the statement, accusing the Nicaraguan government of attempting \u2060to conceal \u200bits role in the “cruel treatment and current condition” of Rivera. Rivera had fought against Nicaragua’s first Sandinista government (1979 to 1990) as a leader of the Misurasata militia alongside the Contra rebels. His \u2060political party, Yatama, was initially an opponent of President Daniel Ortega but later became an ally after \u2060Ortega returned to power \u2060in 2007. In October 2023, the Indigenous Yatama party said the government had banned it from running in elections.<\/p>\n
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