Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin said then that the U.

The government rejects any responsibility in that violence.Anti-government protesters take part in a march in support of the Mothers of April movement - whose children died in the protests - on Nicaraguas National Mothers Day.

which also had a delegation accompanying the Managua march.It appears that Ortega is prepared to stay in power no matter the cost.the second in command of the national police.

Diana Ulloa/AFP/Getty Images An Associated Press photographer at Wednesdays march in Managua saw one person with a wound to the head carried off in a stretcher with a sheet covering his upper body.no matter the number of people who have to die.

Nicaragua -- More than a dozen people died in shootings that erupted around Mothers Day protests in Nicaragua.

said in a statement that Wednesdays violence showed a systematic shoot-to-kill policy on the part of the government.346 feet above sea level at its peak.

municipal firefighters spokesman Cecilio Chacaj said.Reuters National Disaster Coordinator Sergio Cabanas said seven people were confirmed dead and an unknown number were unaccounted for.

Firefighters said they had seen some people who were trapped.lava began flowing down the side of the mountain.