Fundacion del Rio launches an ongoing campaign titled “Voices of the Forest: Justice and Freedom for the Indigenous Mayagna Park Rangers”.
HAVANA TIMES – The Nicaraguan environmental organization Fundacion del Rio (The River Foundation) launched a campaign for the “immediate release” of eight indigenous Mayagna park rangers in Nicaragua, who were criminalized and convicted by the Ortega regime for fabricated accusations of organized crime, among others.
In commemoration of World Ranger Day on July 31, Fundacion del Rio initiated the ongoing campaign titled “Voices of the Forest: Justice and Freedom for the Indigenous Mayagna Park Rangers.” They are demanding justice and the release of eight park rangers from the Mayagna Sauni As territory in the North Caribbean Region.
Invasion of Settlers and Indigenous Political Prisoners in Nicaragua
In January 2023, the Public Prosecutor’s Office of Nicaragua accused a group of 24 people —identified by Fundación del Río as community park rangers— of invading indigenous territories and attacking their inhabitants in the northern Caribbean. The prosecutor accused them for the crimes of organized crime, usurpation of public or communal domain, and illegal exploitation of natural resources.
The president of Fundacion del Río, the denationalized Nicaraguan Amaru Ruiz, said tha