Death toll begins in national protest. International aid imperiled. 4. 100th birthday of Sandino celebrated. Churches are victims of bombings.
Death toll begins in national protest.
Two of the dead were members of the administrative staff of the Cooperative and the other was a police officer. The police, who remembered the death of one of their sub-commanders in 1993 during a transportation strike, arrested dozens of peaceful protesters and even dozens of people who happened to be in the area doing common errands. Some of the arrested were transferred to the Palo Alto Prison but the majority were released due to pressure from their neighbors. The police, however, did not release those who were more badly beaten by the anti-riot squads. The police have formed a commission to determine who is guilty of the three deaths but, of the commission of three, two members are directly related to the Ministry of Governance which includes the National Police.