Guillermo Treminio - journalist
- Artist/Author/Producer: Guillermo Treminio
- Confronting Bodies: Sandinista Police
- Dates of action: March 15, 1980+
- Location: Nicaragua
- Description of the Art Work
- Treminio was the editor of the newsletters "Hoy" and "Mundial". In them
he was said to have engaged in "slandering and libeling" a number of
prominent citizens.
- Description of incident
- Treminio was arrested and sentenced to eleven months imprisonment for
having violated Article 4(c) of the Law on Maintenance of Public Order
and Security.
- Results of incident
- Treminio was released after serving nine of the eleven months of his
sentence.
Source: Organization of American States, Inter-American Commission of Human
Rights
