Q24N — Nicaragua’s co-dictator Rosario Murillo announced the birth of her 31st grandchild, the son of Camila Ortega Murillo, as “great news”.
The family is characterized by establishing a kind of modern sultanate in which its children, grandchildren and daughters-in-law assume positions in the State and gradually close the net around trusted people who previously helped them to come to power and cover up acts of corruption and crimes against humanity.
The growing family means more people on the succession list for the dynastic project they are trying to impose.
“Daniel Augusto has been born, he has joined our family, son of Noel and Camila, grandson of Marco Antonio and María Auxiliadora, and Daniel Augusto is our 31st grandson, a glorious blessing from God,” Murillo said in her midday phone call to the nation.
She also added that they already have nine great-grandchildren. In total, the dictatorial family numbers 52 people, including the co-dictators.
Ortega and Murillo have 10 children in total. Three are from Murillo’s two previous relationships, six were conceived with Ortega, and one is adopted. However, all of them bear the Ortega surname because they were registered by the dictator, including Zoilamérica, who in 1998 accused her stepfather of rape.
This led to her being removed from the family tree, as Murillo did not include Zoilamérica’s three children in her list.
Others denied by the co-dictator are two of her granddaughters, daughters of Rafael Ortega Murillo and Yadira Leets, who went with their mother to the United States after she resigned from managing the family’s oil businesses. In total, counting the family purges, Murillo’s grandchildren would number 36, for a total family of 57.
The “Extended” Family
It should be remembered that Ortega also has a large number of children born out of wedlock. The formally recognized case is that of Camilo Ortega Herrera, son of former guerrilla fighter Leticia Herrera.
But there is the complaint from the family of Elvia Junieth Flores, who accused Ortega of rape when their daughter was a minor, and with whom he had two children. These children were acknowledged by the dictator’s former security advisor and personal friend, Néstor Moncada Lau.
The other known case is that of Arlen Aracely Mairena Maradiaga, originally from León and recently persecuted by Murillo. She has two other children, also acknowledged by Moncada Lau.
Another girl was conceived by Ortega and police officer Any Kent Mhüller. It is believed the list is longer, but circumstances compel the parties involved to remain silent.
Murillo thanked God for having such a large family and asked that they all have a “spirit of service to Nicaragua.”
The “slap” to Murillo’s ego
Murillo mentioned the names of all her grandchildren, and something curious came to light. She has two granddaughters named Abril, a word that stirs up the hatred of the co-dictator, because it was in that month in 2018 that the socio-political crisis erupted that prevented her goal of reaching the presidency by popular acclamation.
She ultimately had to impose her will by declaring herself co-president and went down in history as one of the country’s most bloodthirsty figures. Her two granddaughters are Abril Argelia and Abril Celeste.
A mother’s lack of empathy
Murillo’s announcement also highlighted the co-dictator’s lack of empathy for her own pregnant daughter.
With her pregnancy nearly full term, Camila was used by Murillo two weeks ago as a human tripod to hold up documents she was reading at an official event.
Because the event was outdoors, the wind rustled the papers, and Murillo reacted with a sour face and angry gestures toward her daughter, who was trying hard to please her mother. The pregnant woman spent more than two hours on her feet at the event, serving her parents while they gave lengthy speeches.
On May 18, just three days before her due date, the dictators held another event commemorating the 131st anniversary of Augusto C. Sandino’s birth, and Camila was once again used as an assistant.
She held her mother’s hand as she climbed stairs or walked across the platforms, despite the mobility difficulties inherent to a woman in advanced pregnancy.
Translated and adapted from NicaraguaInvestiga.com