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Ministra del Interior
María Amelia Coronel Kinloch
4PVJ + M99 Calle Colón
Edificio Silvio Mayorga Delgado
Managua
Nicaragua

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Miskitu Indigenous individuals „disappeared“

Dear Minister,
reportedly prominent Miskitu Indigenous leader and former member of Nicaragua’s National Assembly Brooklyn Rivera was arbitrarily detained in September 2023 and died severely diseased in custody on 30 May 2026.
After his death’s announcement Jorge Webster Rojas, Alda López Bryan, Jourbes Escobar López, Korny Valle Bushey, Florencia Sarmiento Alejandro and Glenis Criesa Pantin Coleman went to Managua to recover his human remains for the burial in accordance with the Miskito tradition.
Since 31 May 2026 these six individuals have been „disappeared“. The authorities refuse to provide information about their fate, legal status and place of detention.
Human rights organization Amnesty International notices an „increasing repression“ in Nicaragua and has documented many cases of arbitrary and incommunicado detention, persecution of government critics and attacks against indigenous leaders and defenders.
In all courtesy I urge you to disclose the fate and whereabouts of the six people named above, to guarantee their safety and ensure their immediate release.
Respectfully!