Mayangna Forest Rangers Tortured with Hunger: Receive Unsanitary Food Only Once a Day in La Modelo
With only one meal a day, no adequate access to drinking water, and confined in cells infested with mosquitoes, four Mayangna forest rangers face a severe humanitarian crisis in prison, according to the CIDH.
TL;DR
- Four Mayangna forest rangers are held in dire humanitarian conditions in La Modelo prison.
- They receive only one meal a day, which is described as low-quality and unsanitary.
- Inmates are confined to small, hot cells infested with mosquitoes and have limited access to potable water.
- They are forced to sleep on the floor and are denied beds or blankets.
- Medical attention is scarce, and when sought, prisoners are often shackled for extended periods.
- Family-provided food is rejected by prison authorities, citing it as "culturally inappropriate."
- Prisoners are forbidden from communicating with each other in their indigenous language.
- The rangers were arrested on August 13, 2023, in the Musawas community within the Bosawás Biosphere Reserve.