Venezuelan NGOs and the Committee for the Freedom of Political Prisoners reported this Saturday that Releases have continued in several penitentiary centers in the north of the country of those considered “political prisoners” who were detained after protests against the official result of the presidential elections of July 28.
Thus, it was this Friday when the Attorney General of Venezuela, Tarek William Saab, announced that his office had asked the courts to review 225 cases of the total number of detainees after the elections. Of them, 70 have been released this Saturday, of which according to various media outlets, two are Spanish.
Apparently, the two freed Spaniards had agreed to their release in exchange for maintain anonymity and make no statements to the media, so no details about his identity have been revealed.
The Committee for the Freedom of Political Prisoners has indicated in X that in the penitentiary center of the state of Aragua, Known as Tocorón, 14 people have been released. In addition, Many others in the prison called Tocuyito, in the state of Carabobo, join the 10 who had been released from the San Francisco de Yare prison, in the state of Miranda, this Saturday morning.
Meanwhile, the NGO Fundehullan has shared a photograph of Luis Alarcón, a 22 year old young man who suffers from diabetes, and who has also been one of those released from the Tocorón prison.
This Saturday, in the same way, the Venezuelan Observatory of Prisons (OVP) has confirmed releases in the Training Center for Female Accused La Crisálida, in the state of Miranda, without specifying a figure. The organization has indicated that the released women have received precautionary measures.
Investigations based on new evidence
Saab explained this Friday, in a statement broadcast by the state channel Venezolana de Televisión (VTV), that the decision of the releases has been made “after exhaustive investigations based on new evidence and evidence” and in coordination with courts.
Several NGOs and opposition parties have identified nearly 1,850 people arrested after the presidential elections, in protests against Maduro’s re-election or in police operations. Among them, 69 are minors, and there are also dozens of women and soldiers, almost all of them accused of crimes such as terrorism and conspiracy.
In this way, based on new evidence and elements of evidence, 225 reviews have been requested, Saab explained, before recalling that 28 people died in the riots and nearly 200 were injured. “This action aims at family reunification, which consolidates the commitment to human rights,” he highlighted.