jailed in inhumane conditions
Painting the face of Miss Universe 2023 on a wall in Estelí cost him his freedom. The artist “suffers psychological torture,” denounced the Legal Defense Unit.
HAVANA TIMES – Muralist and painter Kevin Laguna Guevara has been a political prisoner of Daniel Ortega’s regime for over 200 days after attempting to portray Sheynnis Palacios, the first Nicaraguan to win the Miss Universe crown, on a wall in the city of Estelí. He is currently held under inhumane conditions and without medical attention.
The Legal Defense Unit (UDJ) denounced on June 20 on their X account that Laguna, known in the artistic world as “Vink,” has faced mistreatment ever since the day of his abduction on November 21, 2023.
“He was taken to District III of Managua where, among more than 20 police officers, they cut off his dreadlocks and mocked him. They left him with only three dreadlocks,” detailed the legal defenders, which seek to pressure the dictatorship by exposing the artist’s situation.
Laguna loved his dreadlocks and considered them a “distinctive part” of his life and career, noted the defenders.
