Giammattei-Ortega and Virginia Laparra

In Nicaragua and Guatemala there are more and more similarities. The current foreign minister has gone there twice to secure “bilateral affairs.” The Ortega-Murillista tyranny does not deserve a tacit show of support, nor an abstention from critical international statements. Coyotes from the same hill? The latest actions of this tropical satrapy are evil: expel 222 opponents from their country, many of them prisoners, leaving them without nationality, stateless. He sentenced the brave Bishop Rolando Álvarez of Matagalpa to 26 years in prison as punishment for having rejected the absurd offer of prison or exile. The unique state institutions no longer have any value, and Guatemala is on that path. A clear example is that of the former prosecutor Virginia Laparra.

On February 23, one year of the prison, now preventive, in Mariscal Zavala, of attorney Laparra, accused of leaking information on a confidential case, was completed. Sentenced to four years in prison, another court commuted her sentence to house arrest, but she was unable to do so because the Public Ministry of the “law doctor” Consuelo Porras suspiciously opened another trial and for that reason she remains a prisoner. There is an obvious intention to punish the wayward and avoid similar actions by other prosecutors at all costs. In that year her health has deteriorated and she suffers from anemia, requiring surgery. There can be no doubt of the psychological effects derived from her conviction that she cannot trust the imitation of the Guatemalan judicial system.

Former judge Virginia Laparra is suffering torture derived from her actions that caused Giamatteesque revenge.

Mario Antonio Sandoval

In fact, it is a case of torture. No one has whipped or kicked her, but this consists of serious physical or psychological pain, with various methods and utensils, as punishment or to obtain confessions. Its severity increases if it is committed by a public official. In this case, the Public Ministry, the current Human Rights Ombudsman -by omission-, IGSS doctors participate in scheduling the medical procedure for May, without specifying the date; the San Juan de Dios hospital and its authorities, for not having issued the necessary report yet. Added to all this is the uselessness of the current Rapporteur Against Torture, Lesther Castellanos, a very dark gray character.

Coincidentally, he is the accuser of Mrs. Laparra. He has just been appointed head of the National Commission once morest Torture. He looks like a prize… when interviewed regarding the case, the photo in the report showed him with a satisfied, if not mocking, face. This entity, another adornment of the government bureaucracy, received an increase in the funds allocated for its operation. Separately, Amnesty International requested an interview with the victim, but permission was denied. The defenders have requested house arrest through Inacif, also without success. It is the State manipulating its institutions once morest a defenseless citizen. It smells like the ominous Ortegamurillismo.

I have never seen Ms. Laparra. I am not writing this article to meet her or for any other reason, except for reasons of political or ideological sympathies. Those who support this case of torture do not have the ability to realize their risk of being victims of similar revenge in the future thanks to the pressures of those who think differently. For this reason, torture is despicable for any reason or by any perpetrator. The worst is psychological, whose effects sometimes last a lifetime. The intention of revenge stands out when a judge grants house arrest and the MP prevents it. Israeli judge Barak said: “When we judge, we are judged.” And when we judge by flouting the law, we will be condemned today and also by History.