{"id":190759,"date":"2026-06-12T01:20:00","date_gmt":"2026-06-12T07:20:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/confidencial.digital\/sin-categoria\/friends-demand-proof-of-life-for-nicaraguan-political-prisoner-santos-ariel-rodriguez\/"},"modified":"2026-06-15T02:30:09","modified_gmt":"2026-06-15T08:30:09","slug":"friends-demand-proof-of-life-for-nicaraguan-political-prisoner-santos-ariel-rodriguez","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/confidencial.digital\/en\/english\/friends-demand-proof-of-life-for-nicaraguan-political-prisoner-santos-ariel-rodriguez\/","title":{"rendered":"Friends Demand Proof of Life for Nicaraguan Political Prisoner Santos Ariel Rodr\u00edguez<br\/>"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Political prisoner Santos Ariel Rodr\u00edguez Lagos, 46, has not been seen by anyone since July 2024, according to friends of the Nicaraguan businessman. The Ortega-Murillo regime has barred all relatives and other close associates from visiting him at La Modelo prison in Tipitapa. <\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Rodr\u00edguez&#8217;s friends, who requested anonymity for fear of reprisals, said they decided to speak out because they fear he could suffer a fate similar to that of Indigenous leader <a href=\"https:\/\/confidencial.digital\/en\/english\/nicaraguas-ortega-murillo-regime-conceals-death-of-political-prisoner-brooklyn-rivera-for-15-hours\/\" type=\"post\" id=\"189820\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Brooklyn Rivera,<\/a> another political prisoner who was only shown publicly in photographs after he appeared bedridden and gravely ill in a Managua hospital.<\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cWe demand that Daniel Ortega and Rosario Murillo provide proof that Santos Ariel is alive,\u201d one of his friends said.<\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cIn February or March 2026, someone close to the family who had been imprisoned told them that Santos was in poor health,\u201d the friend explained. \u201cHe said there had been an attempt on his life and that he was at risk of losing a foot because an open wound had become infected.\u201d<\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">He added that, \u201cbecause we have not been allowed to see him, and after everything that happened to Brooklyn Rivera, we&#8217;re increasingly afraid that what this person told us may be true. We&#8217;ve already seen the condition Brooklyn was in when the authorities finally showed him.\u201d<\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Santos Rodr\u00edguez was arrested on June 2, 2024, in the municipality of Jalapa, in Nicaragua\u2019s northern department of Nueva Segovia. One month later, he was convicted in what critics describe as a sham trial conducted by video conference. He remains imprisoned at La Modelo prison.<br\/> <\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Another friend said that since his arrest, the businessman has been seen only once, \u201cfor five minutes\u201d during the virtual hearing. According to the source, Rodr\u00edguez was denied the right to private legal counsel, and neither he nor his representatives were granted access to his court file through Nicaragua\u2019s Nicarao judicial system. <\/p>\n\n<h2 id=\"h-sandinistas-se-aprovecharon-de-la-familia\" class=\"wp-block-heading\">Family Allegedly Exploited by Regime Intermediaries<\/h2>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The source said that, in a desperate attempt to secure his release, Rodr\u00edguez\u2019s family paid individuals described as \u201cregime authorities\u201d who claimed they could arrange his release. However, the purported intermediaries took advantage of the family\u2019s situation.  <\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThese people started taking amounts of money you can\u2019t even imagine, extraordinarily large sums, promising to help them, but they did nothing,\u201d the family friend said.<\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Until February 2026, when they learned about Rodr\u00edguez\u2019s deteriorating health, his relatives still hoped he would be released. Those hopes have since faded, prompting them to demand <a href=\"https:\/\/confidencial.digital\/nacion\/familiares-de-presos-politicos-demandan-una-prueba-de-vida\/\" type=\"post\" id=\"60095\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">proof that he is alive.<\/a><br\/> <\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Group for Reflection by Released Political Prisoners (GREX) joined calls for Rodr\u00edguez\u2019s release. It warned that \u201cthe persecution of businesspeople, even those who are not well known, is inevitable and ultimately aimed at stripping them of their assets.\u201d<\/p>\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"819\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/confidencial.digital\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Santos-2-819x1024.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-190560\" srcset=\"https:\/\/confidencial.digital\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Santos-2-819x1024.jpeg 819w, https:\/\/confidencial.digital\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Santos-2-240x300.jpeg 240w, https:\/\/confidencial.digital\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Santos-2-768x960.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/confidencial.digital\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Santos-2-480x600.jpeg 480w, https:\/\/confidencial.digital\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Santos-2.jpeg 1080w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 819px) 100vw, 819px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n<h2 id=\"h-presos-desaparecidos-y-enfermos\" class=\"wp-block-heading\">Disappeared and Ill Political Prisoners<\/h2>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Rodr\u00edguez is among the 46 political prisoners identified by the Mechanism for the Recognition of Political Prisoners as of May 31, 2026. Of those prisoners of conscience, thirteen are older adults and nine remain victims of enforced disappearance.<br\/> <\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The organization highlighted the continued lack of transparency surrounding the whereabouts, physical condition, and detention conditions of a significant number of those documented.<\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">According to the mechanism, 26% of the 46 <a href=\"https:\/\/confidencial.digital\/en\/english\/recent-releases-reveal-an-undercount-of-political-prisoners-in-nicaragua\/\" type=\"post\" id=\"179521\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">political prisoners<\/a> are members or leaders of Indigenous communities, 21% are farmers, and 15% are individuals previously linked to the state apparatus or the ruling party.<br\/><\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThis distribution reflects a pattern of repression with differentiated impacts. On the one hand, the high proportion of Indigenous and rural detainees is associated with efforts to control territory and weaken community structures. On the other, the presence of individuals previously connected to the state apparatus or the ruling party confirms that political imprisonment now extends beyond the traditional opposition, demonstrating a broader and more cross-cutting reach,\u201d the organization stated.<\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>*With information from EFE.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Political prisoner Santos Ariel Rodr\u00edguez Lagos, 46, has not been seen by anyone since July 2024, according to friends of the Nicaraguan businessman. The Ortega-Murillo regime has barred all relatives and other close associates from visiting him at La Modelo prison in Tipitapa. 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