Nicaraguan faithful defend their
bishop from ambush
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| Nicaraguan Bishop Rolando José Alvarez Lagos of Madagalpa |
A group of faithful in the Diocese of Matagalpa in Nicaragua
came out to defend their bishop from a possible attack by a heavily armed
group.
By Robin Gomes
Bishop Rolando José Alvarez Lagos himself recounted that a
group of farmers came out and stopped him on the road leading to the village of
Terrabona, where he was heading. They warned him that some armed people
were lurking hiding trees on the edge of the road, probably intending to target
him.
A large group of faithful then accompanied him to the place
where the paramilitaries were hiding. The armed group fled on seeing the
crowd.
Bishop Alvarez thanked the faithful for accompanying him
'with their clean hands and humanity' and confirmed that he had seen people
heavily armed with ammunition. A video also proved what the bishop
narrated.
The Bishop of Matagalpa expressed serious concern that
civilians were going about with weapons like that of the military and asked the
army to make an investigation into their ranks.
Bishop Alvarez received the solidarity, among others, of
Card. Leopoldo Jose Brenes Solorzano, Archbishop of Managua and President of
the Nicaraguan Bishops’ Conference, who in a brief note expressed his
"fraternal closeness and solidarity" to his brother bishop.
Card. Brenes condemned such situations in the country and
appealed to the authorities to take the necessary measures and carry out
investigations into these very serious events and the presence of armed
persons.
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