The Prosecutor’s Office changed the accusation against them three times, denounces environmentalist Amaru Ruiz. Another 25 forest rangers are being pursued by the police.
HAVANA TIMES – The regime of Daniel Ortega sentenced four Mayangna indigenous people to 22 years in prison, they had been arrested in August 2023. The citizens were accused of being leaders of criminal gangs, but —according to leaders in the area— they are recognized forest rangers from the Kahkah sector, within the Mayangna Sauni As territory.
The convicted indigenous people are Rodrigo Bruno Arcángel, 48 years old; Ever Antonio Bruno Palacios, 18; Tony Alberto Bruno, 28; and Oliver Bruno Palacios, 23.
“This Monday (February 5), they were sentenced after a series of irregularities by the Prosecutor’s Office. They changed the reasons for the accusation three times to incriminate them,” denounced environmentalist Amaru Ruiz.
“They were first detained for some murders in the Kiwakumbaih community (North Caribbean), then accused of being a gang, and finally for illegal possession of weapons and threats against two police officers,” Ruiz, president of the canceled River Foundation, detailed.
According to the environmentalist, initially, the four Mayangna indigenous people were accused of the murder of 18 people, as well as six kidnappings, three rapes, and illegal possess
