The legal team of Venezuelan activist Rocío San Miguel, detained since last Friday (9) for allegedly being linked to a conspiracy plan to assassinate the dictator Nicolás Maduro, reported this Wednesday (14) a police raid on the house of client, who is also a lawyer.
“We fear that they may be planting evidence,” said the defense of the president of the NGO Controle Cidadão, who reported that the search was carried out from 6:55 pm local time (7:55 pm in Brasília).
According to the team, Miranda Díaz San Miguel, the activist's daughter, who was also detained, was at the scene, but was later released with a “prohibition on leaving the country” and “from speaking to the press”, along with others three relatives of the human rights defender, including two brothers.
On Tuesday (13), the courts ordered the deprivation of liberty against the activist, as well as against Alejandro José González Canales, a former partner of San Miguel, according to one of the lawyers.
The president of Controle Cidadão was detained at Maiquetía international airport, near Caracas, from where she would depart for Miami, but her arrest was confirmed on Sunday (11) by prosecutor Tarek William Saab, so her defense insists that it was a “enforced disappearance”.
However, the prosecutor, who is an ally of the dictator Maduro, denied this Wednesday (14) that there had been a “forced disappearance” and assured that the arrest was made because the activist “appears textually mentioned” in a security operations order. a conspiratorial plan intended to be an attack against the leader of the Chavista regime and other high-ranking officials.
Around 30 members of human rights organizations in Venezuela condemned the activist's arrest, which they described as a “ferocious attack” on civic space and human rights defenders.
Most severe prison in the country
One of the jurists defending Rocío, José González Tagaruco, stated this Wednesday (14) that the president of the NGO Controle Cidadão is being held at the headquarters of the Bolivarian National Intelligence Service (SEBIN) in El Helicoide, Caracas, considered the most severe prison from the country.
Prisoners who managed to leave the prison center report that the place has an entire torture apparatus set up by State forces.
The prison is part of investigations by the International Criminal Court (ICC) for possible crimes against humanity committed in Venezuela by the dictatorship led by Maduro.
In the last few hours, the UN Independent International Mission to Venezuela, the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR) and Amnesty International, as well as hundreds of local NGOs, expressed their concern about San Miguel's detention and asked the Venezuelan dictatorship to respect for your rights.
The United States also commented on the most recent episode of political persecution against opponents of the Caracas administration, stating that it is “deeply concerned” about the arrest of the Venezuelan activist and asking the Maduro regime to fulfill the agreements made with the country to improve democracy in the country.
White House Security Council spokesman John Kirby told EFE that the White House is closely monitoring the case of the activist, who was detained by Venezuelan security forces as she tried to board a flight from Caracas to Miami. with your daughter.
“We are deeply concerned about this. Mr. Maduro needs to honor the commitments he has made about how he will treat civil society, activists, opposition parties and even members of Venezuelan society who want to run for office. He needs to honor these commitments,” said the spokesperson.
After the White House's demonstration, the Venezuelan Public Ministry accused countries of carrying out a “ferocious international campaign” against the Judiciary. “We denounce a fierce campaign coming from abroad against the judicial system and the Venezuelan State by the same sectors that have always despised democratic institutions (…) and supported, at the same time, assassination attempts and coups against Venezuela,” said the attorney general , Tarek William Saab, in a statement published on his account on the social network X.
Furthermore, Venezuela's Foreign Minister, Yván Gil, stated that Washington “protects and shelters perpetrators of acts of terrorism and interventionism”, crimes for which the activist is accused.
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