[1] The daughter of a textile worker at the Campomar y Soulas factory in Juan Lacaze, Sabalsagaray was recognized by classmates and professors alike as a brilliant student.
She was part of the labor-union group Renovation of the IPA Student Center (CEIPA) and joined the Union of Communist Youth (UJC) of Uruguay.
[1] In 2005, the government of President Tabaré Vázquez placed the death of Nibia Sabalsagaray outside the reach of the Expiry Law because civilians had participated in her detention, according to the presentation her sister had made in court.
[10] The judges justified the measure by arguing that the norm violated the separation of powers and that it could not be understood as an amnesty law since it was not approved according to the regulations in the Constitution.
On November 8, 2010, Judge Rolando Vomero charged General Miguel Dalmao and retired colonel José Chialanza with highly aggravated homicide over the death of Nibia Sabalsagaray.