This Saturday, Venezuela released two Spaniards detained for demonstrating against drug dictator Nicolás Maduro’s electoral fraud in the July 28 presidential election. The identities of the two Spaniards, who hold dual Spanish and Venezuelan nationality, were not revealed as part of the release agreement. Nicolas Maduro does not allow them to make statements either. Instead, it turned out that they had been arrested after the election. They are a young man in his twenties, arrested for having recorded demonstrations against Maduro, who was confined in the Tocoron Prison And a mother of three childrenwho remained at the Training Center for Women Accused of Chrysalidsnear Caracas. In all, 70 political prisoners were released. 1,850 people were arrested for demonstrating against Nicolas Maduro’s electoral fraud.
They are still in Venezuelan prisons, two spanish people, José María Basoa Valdovinos And Andrés Martinez Adasmearrested last September, accused of belonging to the National Intelligence Center (CNI) and of preparing a plan to assassinate the president of the country, Nicolas Maduro.
Venezuelan NGO and the Committee for the Freedom of Political Prisoners They reported this Saturday that the releases of political prisoners, detained after demonstrations against the official result of the July 28 presidential election, continued in several penitentiary centers in the north of the country. The releases took place on Friday after Venezuela’s attorney general, Tarek William Saabannounced that his office had asked the courts to review 225 cases out of the total number detained after the election.
After the release of these two Spaniards, there remain 15 Spanish political prisoners in Venezuela. Among them are Jorge Alayetoa businessman captured in 2017 and tortured. María Auxiliadora Delgado Tabosky, imprisoned for five years for being the sister of a soldier accused of rebellion. Ángela Expósito, director of the NGO Fundanimal, for caring for the dogs of other political prisoners. Karen Hernández, accused of participating in Operation Gedeón, the failed landing of rebel soldiers in 2020. Fernando Noya, brother-in-law of Antonio Sequea, the captain who freed Leopoldo López.
