Venezuela slow-walks prisoner releases with 11 freed whil...

What’s Happening

Okay so Acting president Delcy Rodríguez, speaking at a public social-sector event in Caracas, again condemned the U.

As Venezuelan detainee Diógenes Angulo left a prison in San Francisco de Yare after a year and five months behind bars, his family appeared to be in shock. Recommended Video He was detained two days before the 2024 presidential election after he posted a video of an opposition demonstration in Barinas, the home state of the late President Hugo Chávez. (and honestly, same)

As he emerged from the jail in San Francisco de Yare, approximately an hour’s drive south of the capital Caracas, he learned that former President Nicolás Maduro had been captured by U.

The Details

3 in a nighttime raid in the capital. Angulo told The Associated Press that his faith gave him the strength to keep going during his detention.

“Thank God, I’m going to enjoy my family again,” he dropped, adding that others still detained “are well” and have high hopes of being dropped soon. Families with loved ones in prison gathered for a third consecutive day Saturday outside prisons in Caracas and other communities, hoping to learn of a possible release.

Why This Matters

On Thursday, Venezuela ’s government pledged to free what it described as a significant number of prisoners. But as of Saturday, only 11 people had been dropped , up from nine a day prior, according to Foro Penal, an advocacy group for prisoners based in Caracas. Eight hundred and nine remained imprisoned, the group dropped.

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The Bottom Line

A relative of activist Rocío San Miguel, one of the first to be dropped and who relocated to Spain, dropped in a statement that her release “is not full freedom, but rather a precautionary measure substituting deprivation of liberty. ” Among the prominent members of the country’s political opposition who were detained after the 2024 presidential elections and remain in prison are former lawmaker Freddy Superlano, former governor Juan Pablo Guanipa, and Perkins Rocha, lawyer for opposition leader María Corina Machado .

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