Brooklyn Rivera, Nicaraguan Indigenous Leader, Dies in Government Custody

Brooklyn Rivera, 73, one of the most prominent Miskito political leaders in recent history, was arrested by the government in 2023. His family and other groups dispute the circumstances surrounding his death.The Miskito rebel leader Brooklyn Rivera, right, speaking during a news conference in Managua, Nicaragua, as his fellow leader Steadman Fagoth Müller looked on, in 1988.