MANAGUA, Nicaragua — A Nicaraguan-American man arrested for taking part in protests against President Daniel Ortega’s government was killed by a bullet Thursday in a prison north of the capital amid disturbances that left six prison officials injured. Authorities said Montes Praslin, 57, and other inmates jumped prison staff and tried to take a weapon away from a guard. But relatives of the prisoners said several patrols of riot troops entered the prison and gunshots were heard. At left is Eddy Antonio Montes Praslin, who was killed on Thursday, May 16, 2019, by a bullet in a prison north of the capital amid disturbances that left six prison officials injured, Nicaragua’s interior ministry said. Montes Praslin was arrested last November, accused of terrorism, aggravated robbery, illegal possession of weapons and disruption of public order.

Source: Washington Post May 17, 2019 02:26 UTC