Our family has suffered our first injury directly related to the conflict. My son’s brother-in-law (Elliot) was shot in the arm while being caught in the wrong place at the wrong time. He was out in a private location teaching English to people who have lost their jobs and hoping to develop more skills.
He has had surgery and they are hopeful that he won’t have any permanent damage. To add insult to injury he was robbed of the little money he was carrying, his salary for teaching the classes.
The violence continues since there really was no good outcome of the dialogue held yesterday. Ortega was late getting there, the Bishops handed him a two-page letter outlining what needed to change in order for peace in the country and he told them he required two days to think about it.
Below are photos from 100%Noticias Nicaragua FB accounts of Nicas on location. They are depicting just one of the instances of civil disobedience across the country.
The police are no longer a functioning entity here as according to a law, #228 the police can only function as long as they are working for the citizens of Nicaragua. They are no longer working for the people. They are working for the Sandinistas. So right now, Nicaragua is pretty much in the state of chaotic anarchy.
What you will see are people robbing a store that has an ATM banking machine. People in the neighbourhood saw what was happening and came to the aid of the stores’ employees. They caught the would-be robbers in action, stripped them of their clothes and tied their hands up.
The problem with catching the robbers is, what happens to them now. There are no police to call. Technically there are no jails or holding cells. The court system is defunct now since most judges were Ortega supporters. So an interesting conundrum. What to do with the criminals?
Apparently, the best solution is to hand the would be criminals over to the Human Rights people who already have their hands full trying to protect people that have spoken out about the government.