At least 14 dead after Nicaragua pro-government forces raid: rights groups

A man shows police bullets used during protests in Leon, Nicaragua, on July 5, 2018. (AFP)

MANAGUA: A raid by pro-government forces left at least 14 people dead in southwestern Nicaragua Sunday, a human rights group said.
“This has been a horror. We have a minimum of 14 dead, but it could be more. That includes at least one anti-riot officer, one paramilitary member and two police officers,” Vilma Nunez, president of the Nicaraguan Center for Human Rights (CENIDH), told AFP of the raid in the Diriamba and Jinotepe areas.