MANAGUA – The Nicaraguan government on Friday released a second group of prisoners following demands by the opposition for more detainees to be freed before political dialogue to broker a way out of a national crisis continues.
The interior ministry said 50 people – which the opposition considers political prisoners – had been released, joining 100 others let out on Feb. 27, the day talks between the government and its opponents had restarted.
Talks broke down when the opposition made continued dialogue conditional on the release of “all political prisoners.”
The latest to be freed left a penitentiary on the outskirts of Managua and headed into the city. Dozens of residents came out to wave the Nicaraguan flag and greet the prisoners. (Reuters)
