Under the regime of Nicaraguan President Daniel Ortega and Rosario Murillo religious persecution has continued to escalate. In recent years, the July 19 protests have also become a response to government repression and calls for political change under the Ortega-Murillo regime. It was not until August 25 that they received a call from the Institute of Legal Medicine informing them that Alonso’s body would be handed over. After which regime authorities ordered the family to bury him “immediately.”National Police patrols escorted the minibus that transported Alonso’s body to the cemetery and remained there until the funeral was over. On the same night as Alonso’s arrest, authorities forced their way into the homes of Pastor Palacios Vargas, his sisters Arely Palacios Vargas and Jéssica Palacios Vargas, and their husbands Pedro José López and Armando José Bermudez Mojica, respectively.