Eddy Montes
Costa RicalawyerMale5.0Global Dominance: 0.00%Eddy Montes was a Nicaraguan lawyer and political activist who died in May 2019 while imprisoned in La Modelo prison. His death highlighted the increasing concern over the treatment of political prisoners in Nicaragua under the regime of Daniel Ortega, and he became one of the early cases that drew attention to the deteriorating human rights situation in the country.
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Eddy Montes was a lawyer who died in La Modelo prison in May 2019, included in the list of political prisoners who have died.
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