The director of the Venezuelan NGO Foro Penal, Alfredo Romero, reported this Saturday the release of at least 107 of those detained due to the protests and violence that occurred after the Venezuelan presidential elections of July 28, in which the opposition denounces as Nicolás Maduro’s victory confirmed by the electoral authorities is fraudulent.
“At this time we have verified 107 political prisoners, due to the post-electoral situation, released from prison in Venezuela”Romero has published on his account on the social network X.
Before, he realized ten released in Yare III: Gustavo Albarrán, Luis Ocanto, Rafael Murillo, Luis Batista, David Sanoja, Elías Maíz, Carlos Enrique Chile, Cristian Pérez and Angel Moreno.
Romero also mentioned releases in the Las Crisálidas prison and in the Aragua Penitentiary Center, known as Tocorón, one of the main detention centers. For now It is unknown under what judicial measures these people are being released from prisons. and police cells.
Among those released would also be former mayor of the municipality of MarcanoNueva Esparta state, José Ramón Díaz, and the professor of psychology at the Central University of Venezuela (UCV) Salvador Rivera, according to the Cocuyo Effect portal.
The Venezuelan Prison Observatory (OVP) has confirmed Díaz’s release in a message published on the social network X. “Among the people released from the Aragua Penitentiary Center is José Ramón Díaz”he has indicated.
The release of Professor Rivera was recorded in the official account of the Association of Professors of the Central University of Venezuela (Apucv) on the social network X. “Professor Salvador Rivera is free. We are infinitely happy for him, for his family, his students and his friends. He should never have been detained,” he points out.
“Family reunification” of 225 detainees
This Friday it was the Attorney General of Venezuela, Tarek William Saab, who announced the review of the judicial measures issued against 225 of those detained in the post-election protests in order to achieve “family reunification”which points to his possible release.
Based on new evidence and elements of evidence, 225 reviews have been requested, he explained, before recalling that during the riots 28 people died and nearly 200 were injured. “This action aims to achieve family reunification, which consolidates the commitment to human rights,” he highlighted.
This “has family reunification as its centerconsolidates the commitment of Venezuelan institutions to peace, justice and human rights“, according to the statement from the Public Ministry read on Venezuelan public television by Saab.
Saab himself revealed that between Tuesday and Wednesday there were meetings with relatives of the detainees in which the Public Ministry promised to expedite the processes. Also met with relatives of the deceased.
Saab highlighted that this process is “attributable solely and exclusively to the Venezuelan State” and criticized that there are NGOs that seek to “receive and continue receiving money by saying that they had something to do with this action.”
The review process began after last Monday President Nicolás Maduro asked to review and rectify the cases in which there were errors.
Furthermore, the releases occur two days after the death in custody of Jesús Martínez Medina, 36 years old of age, who had been detained since last July 29 in a police cell in the state of Anzoátegui.
Martínez Medina’s relatives have reported that he suffered from type II diabetes and have revealed that it was transferred to emergency due to a health complication. Martínez Medina was an electoral witness for the Democratic Unitary Platform in a polling station for the presidential elections.
In total it is estimated that about 2,400 people were arrested after the elections of July 28 in elections in which the opposition claims that its candidate, Edmundo González, was the clear winner and even published 80 percent of the minutes to support this thesis.
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