Two Spaniards are among the first group of political prisoners released by Maduro this Saturday
Following the announcement by Attorney General Tarek William Saab to review 225 cases of post-election detainees on July 28, the Spanish Consulate in Caracas confirmed that two Spanish political prisoners, whose identities are anonymous, this Saturday. Conditionally released before the courts.
The Spanish Consulate told the ABC that “two Spanish political prisoners have been released under very strange circumstances, with a promise not to appear before a judge from time to time and to make statements.”
The two Spaniards are part of the first group of political prisoners released from prison to benefit from the Chavista government’s conditional release measure following the national and international outcry following the death from diabetes of electoral table witness Jesús Manuel Martínez Medina. This happened on Thursday.
The first seven released were identified as Gustavo Albarn, Luis Ocando, Rafael Murillo, Luis Batista, David Sanoja, Carballis Torres, according to William Echeverría, former president of the National College of Journalists (CNP), in his X account. Was published on.
According to confirmation, the release of the first political prisoners took place this Saturday at 4:30 am in different prison centers such as the women’s prison in Yare (Miranda), Tocorón (Aragua) and Las Cristalidas (Los Teques, Miranda). by the NGOs Foro Penal, Provea, the National College of Journalists and the Spanish Consulate (there are 24 Spaniards in prison).
The Venezuelan Prison Observatory (OVP) also confirmed the release of women detained in La Crisalida women’s prison in Miranda state under precautionary measures, as well as from the Yare III center.
“Family members of young people detained in the Toquito boarding school in Tocorón de Aragua and Carabobo are waiting for release around the prisons,” the prison NGO says. According to the penal forum, 25 prisoners in Torokon were released.
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The review of the detainees’ files after the election was swift because 24 hours earlier, this Friday, the Venezuelan Attorney General, Tarek William Saab, had announced that his office had requested to review 225 cases of the total number of detainees before the courts. Had done. July 28 presidential election – 2,400 people are estimated to have been released by the Maduro government, without specifying whether these are potential releases.
“225 reviews of the measures have been requested from the prosecutors for these events, which shocked the country and led to the unfortunate death of 28 people, nearly 200 injuries and 500 pieces of public and private property,” he told the WeTV broadcast. Was destroyed.”
He said the decision was made “following a detailed investigation based on new evidence and elements of evidence.” In the coming days, the rest of the people in jail will also be released.
“With family reunification at its center, it reinforces the commitment of Venezuelan institutions to peace, justice and human rights,” the statement read by Saab concludes. To justify himself, he said that the cases “are related to violent actions that took place after the presidential elections”, which contradicts the statements of detainees who deny the violence attributed to them.
The NGO Prison Observatory reported that “Any release is a victory, but we demand full freedom because these men were arbitrarily detained, they were not committing any crimes.”
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