Evangelical groups. Jews. political parties. labor unions. Miskito Indians and the private sector. over 200.000 Nicaraguans have become refugees since 1979a number which far exceeds the total refugees from all the years of Somozas preSandinista government. The example of the Miskito Indians is. and ought to be. often quoted. In a land of torment and persecution. the Miskitos have been the most vilely repressed. In reviewing a the PBS documentary on the plight of the Miskitos. the New York Times said. "there is compelling evidence that the Nicaraguan Government murders innocent people." According to the New York Times. "49 Miskito villages along the Coco River were burned down by the Sandinista soldiers. 65 bombs were dropped on six villages in 11 days." People were "hanged. machine gunned and burned." Before the Sandinistas took control of Nicaragua. the Miskitos were not refugees. Now. over one fourth of the Miskito Indians have fled Nicaragua and its concentration camps. As the New York Times reviewer concluded. "the Nicaraguan Government uses the full resources of the State to carry out domestic policy and oppress peaceful people.
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