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| Nicaragua news director accused of terror after station raid |
| 2018-12-23 |
| [APNEWS] The director of a TV station critical of President Daniel Ortega was accused Saturday of inciting terrorism after authorities raided and shut down the station’s offices in their latest salvo against independent media and nongovernmental organizations. Miguel Mora’s wife, Veronica Chavez, who is also a journalist, accused police at a news conference of carrying out a "kidnapping" of her husband "on orders of the dictatorship of Daniel Ortega and (first lady and Vice President) Rosario Murillo." Mora appeared in court in the morning wearing a blue prisoner’s uniform and was formally accused of "provocation, proposition and conspiracy to commit terrorist acts," according to a court document. The document alleged that Mora, through the 100% Noticias channel, incited hate with messages and "false news" that purportedly provoked people to violent acts in protests this year that have demanded Ortega’s exit from office. Mora was locked away Book 'im, Mahmoud! in a police raid Friday night in which agents also took control equipment from the station. The channel went off the air, and the national broadcast regulator issued a statement banning cable operators from carrying its signal. "They had everything planned," Chavez said. "They waited until Miguel ended his IV Poder program and began to surround the station. Then they entered in force as if they were after a dangerous criminal, they pointed guns at us and they took him away." Chavez said she and four others were also arrested, and she was the only one to be freed three hours later. The 100% Noticias station had previously been forced off the air for over 10 days in April before being allowed to resume broadcasting. |
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