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To: Peter Dierks who wrote (40725)	8/19/2005 3:41:36 AM
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Nicaragua Indians Accuse Sandinistas of Crimes Against Humanity By Filadelfo Aleman Associated Press Writer Published: Aug 18, 2005 MANAGUA, Nicaragua (AP) - Miskito Indian leaders on Thursday asked government and human rights investigators to probe allegations that at least 150 of their people were killed under Nicaragua's Sandinistas during the 1980s. The leaders said that the country's independent Permanent Human Rights Commission should investigate and the government prosecute those who carried out the killings and burned houses, destroyed crops and slaughtered livestock. The complaints stem from clashes between forces for the Sandinista government - which was trying to create a new, leftist society throughout Nicaragua after overthrowing dictator Anastasio Somoza in 1979 - and the English-speaking Indian peoples of the Caribbean coast who were trying to establish greater autonomy. Disagreements escalated to armed clashes and forced relocation of thousands of Miskitos. Sandinista responses grew heavier as some Indians joined the U.S.-backed rebellion against the leftist government. Former Sandinista Foreign Minister Tomas Borge said the complaint had been inspired by the U.S. government as a way to denigrate the Sandinista party ahead of the 2006 presidential election. "Otherwise, why now after more than 20 years?" he said when contacted by telephone. The Miskito leaders denied political motivation and complained in a prepared statement that "no government to this point has decided to investigate these events and the local and international human rights groups have ignored us." The permanent commission is a respected private organization that has spoken out against abuses by Nicaraguan regimes. Borge said both sides had committed abuses and said he had punished Sandinista troops who committed them. One of those who filed the complaint, Mario Flores, said five of his relatives had been killed by the army around Christmas 1982. "Our demand is against the Nicaraguan army for the crime of genocide, so that justice is done and so that the relatives of the victims are compensated," the Miskito statement said.

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