President of Nicaragua, Daniel Orteganoted this Wednesday in Managua the armed attack on the residence of one of the ministers of the President and dictator Anastasio Somoza Debayle in 1974, which served to release him from prison along with a group of Sandinista prisoners.

“On this day we celebrate another anniversary of the liberation of Sandinista prisoners who We have already been in prison for more than 7 years.“Ortega said during an event where he also celebrated the 44th anniversary of the Ministry of the Interior.

Ortega, in power since 2007, recalled that the “team” that freed him was organized Sandinista National Liberation Front (FSLN), then partisans under the leadership of the late “commander” Thomas Borge.

Armed attack on the house of Jose Maria Castillo Quanta. killed on the night of the attackoccurred on December 27, 1974, when a group of guerrillas attacked a party attended by members of Somoza Debail’s government cabinet, who were then taken hostage in order to free prisoners, including Ortega, who was arrested in 1967 for his involvement in banking transactions. robberies.

When Ortega was released 49 years ago, he had served 7 years and a month in prison, and his mother, the late Lydia Saavedra, was one of those who headed the committee for the release of so-called “political prisoners.” that time.

He remembered the brave partisan who died in captivity

Among those who freed Ortega, now 78, historical fighter Hugo Torres was thereone of the bravest Sandinista guerrillas in the fight against the dictatorship of Somoza Debail, who died in February 2022 as a “political prisoner”, according to humanitarian organizations, as well as a “traitor to the country” and a “son of a bitch.” American imperialists” for the Sandinista leader.

This time Ortega called Torres a “comrade” and a “great fighter” and recalled that after the triumph of the Sandinista revolution in 1979, He was appointed Deputy Minister of Internal Affairs.where he was responsible for state security.

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“Honor to the comrades of the command that they carried out a heroic operation, and history cannot be denied in the face of heroic actions, and those who participated in the command undoubtedly demonstrated at that moment their commitment, their courage towards the Nicaraguan people and in the revolutionary struggle that they waged through the actions of the FSLN” ,” he pointed out.

They also took part in this attack. former Vice President of Nicaragua Moises Omar Halleslevensand retired generals Joaquin Cuadra and Javier Carrion, former heads of the Armed Forces.

After Ortega’s release from prison in 1974, a plane from Managua landed in Havana, where They were received by the late Cuban leader Fidel Castro.

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He later settled in Costa Rica.where he is not only named as one of the nine members of the National Directorate of the FSLN, but is also associated with Rosario Murillo, his wife and vice president of the country since 2017.

He then returned to Nicaragua to celebrate the fall of the Somoza dictatorship on July 19, 1979, under the leadership of the FSLN. (EFE)