16 killed in Mother's Day marches across Nicaragua as calls for new elections grow

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16 killed in Mother's Day marches across Nicaragua as calls for new elections grow

MANAGUA, May 31 (UPI) -- At least 16 people died during protest marches on Nicaragua's Mother's Day in several cities across the country hours after business leaders called for new elections.

Organizers planned the marches, called "Mothers of April," to protest the more than 70 people allegedly killed by police and pro-government gangs during protests in April against President Daniel Ortega's plan to raise social security taxes and cut benefits, human rights advocates said.

That plan was shelved, but the protests grew into a movement against state violence and Ortega himself.

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Pretty bad news.