MANAGUA (Reuters) - A farm leader who helped lead protests last year against President Daniel Ortega was sentenced on Monday to 216 years in prison, days after business leaders asked the government to release inmates considered political prisoners.
A judge sentenced Medardo Mairena after he was convicted last December of terrorism, murder and organised crime, charges he denied. Before he was arrested last July, he was among the opposition members who participated in the failed dialogue with the government.
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