Hiding in Nicaragua, Ortega's battered opponents plan comeback

Nicaragua's President Daniel Ortega arrives for an event to mark the 39th anniversary of the Sandinista victory over President Somoza in Managua, Nicaragua July 19, 2018. REUTERS/Oswaldo Rivas

MANAGUA (Reuters) - For almost six hours, one of the leaders of the resistance to Nicaraguan President Daniel Ortega hid in a house while police and paramilitary groups laid siege to the last opposition stronghold, which finally fell this week.

While hooded men celebrated the capture of the Monimbo neighbourhood in the city of Masaya on Tuesday, the leader, who uses the name "Guardabarranco" - Nicaragua's national bird - told of how he fled westwards in fear on a motorbike.