He had been jailed after protesting against Nicaraguan President Daniel Ortega in October last year, during protests that have killed at least 300 people. The protests erupted over welfare benefits but spiralled into a broader movement to oust Ortega, who is serving his third term as president. The Nicaraguan government prohibited the demonstrations in November last year and have accused the protesters of intending to cause chaos. "So we fled to Costa Rica and after that to the United States, where he decided to join the U.S. Montes returned to Nicaragua in 1993 and bought farmland in his native Matagalpa.

Source: The Star May 18, 2019 02:03 UTC