The World - News from Feb. 28, 1989
Nicaraguan President Daniel Ortega, moving quickly to comply with a Central American peace accord, has sent the National Assembly a list of 1,932 political prisoners he wants pardoned. The prisoners are all former members of the National Guard of dictator Anastasio Somoza, whom the ruling Sandinistas helped overthrow in 1979. Ortega promised to free them as part of the peace pact, signed Feb. 14. Many government supporters have protested the planned release, saying guardsmen were guilty of widespread torture and repression. However, human rights groups say many of the guardsmen were unfairly tried or jailed on flimsy evidence.
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