Pastora died in the early hours of the morning from "a sudden heart attack," after several days of being hospitalized in the Managua Military Hospital, her grandson Álvaro Pastora told AFP.
"My old man, it is not a goodbye, it is a see you soon. In the meantime, I will miss him very much," wrote his daughter Karla Pastora, the closest to the former Sandinista guerrilla, on his
Facebook.
The leader, close to President Daniel Ortega, had recently been hospitalized after suffering a relapse of bronchopneumonia that had afflicted him, he himself told the Nicaragua Investiga news platform, after being discharged.
One of his sons, Alvaro Pastora, told the platform that his father was treated as if he had
covid-19, although he was not tested to determine if he had the new
coronavirus, which has hit Nicaragua hard.
The legendary ex-guerrilla was the government delegate of Daniel Ortega for the development of the San Juan River basin, on the border with
Costa Rica, which has been a source of border conflicts between both countries.
Pastora's health was a mystery since the beginning of June, when it was said on social networks that he had contracted
COVID-19, but the family attributed her conditions to bronchopneumonia.
The Ortega government did not initially comment on the death.
