The dictatorship of Daniel Ortega and Rosario Murillo, through state-controlled propaganda media, released a series of photos of political prisoner Yerri Estrada during a visit from his wife. He had been missing since August 13, 2025, following his return from a medical brigade at the Japan-Nicaragua Friendship Departmental Hospital in Granada.
\u201cImages of the visit to the Nicaraguan coup supporter Yerri Gustavo Estrada Ruiz by his spouse X\u00f3chilt Natalia Castil Vel\u00e1squez, Wednesday, September 3, 2025,\u201d read the captions of the photos, made public nine days after the visit. <\/p>\n\n
The dictatorship has yet to clarify why the young man is detained, although they label him a \u201ccoup supporter,\u201d a term the Sandinista regime uses to refer to opponents, under which dozens of political prisoners have been unjustly convicted. <\/p>\n\n
The U.S. Department of State had requested information about Estrada\u2019s whereabouts, as had members of the Costa Rican legislature, since the young man also holds Costa Rican nationality, according to his mother, Rosa Ruiz.
Three weeks ago the Murillo-Ortega dictatorship arrested, brutally tortured and finally made Dr. Yerri Estrada, a dedicated doctor, disappear after a morning spent providing medical services to a local community. His “crime”? Defending freedom during… pic.twitter.com\/sz136QOH6K<\/a> <\/p>– Bureau of Western Hemisphere Affairs (@WHAAsstSecty) September 10, 2025<\/a><\/blockquote>