María Corina anunció su regreso a Venezuela para una “fase definitiva” contra Maduro y denunció amenazas contra presos políticos
La líder opositora venezolana María Corina Machado lanzó una alerta internacional al denunciar amenazas sistemáticas de ejecuciones extrajudiciales co...
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- María Corina Machado, a Nobel Peace Prize laureate and opposition leader, has alerted the international community about the situation in El Rodeo 1 jail in Venezuela.
- Machado alleges systematic threats of extrajudicial executions against political prisoners held in the facility.
- She stated that inmates are subjected to direct and repeated intimidation by officials from the Directorate General of Military Counterintelligence (DGCMI).
- The DGCMI is accused of torturing and mistreating prisoners, according to international reports.
- Machado emphasized that these actions pose an immediate risk to the lives of the detainees and constitute serious violations of international law, potentially amounting to crimes against humanity.
- She requested immediate protection for political prisoners, access for independent observers, and effective guarantees for their lives and personal integrity.
- El Rodeo 1 holds many foreign detainees, including seven Spanish citizens, who the opposition labels as political hostages of the Nicolás Maduro government.
- Among the cases highlighted are Spanish tourists Andrés Martínez Adasme and José María Basoa, accused of plotting to assassinate the president, and Miguel Moreno Dapena, a young Canary Islander.
- Other Spanish citizens detained include Ernesto Gorbe Cardona and businessman Uaiparú Guerere.
- Relatives of three Spanish citizens met with Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez.
- The Venezuelan opposition insists on an urgent international response due to extreme deterioration of prison conditions and threats against prisoners' lives.
- A new Venezuelan law, approved on December 23rd, imposes prison sentences of 15 to 20 years for promoting or supporting naval blockades and acts of 'piracy' from Venezuela.
- This law was passed unanimously by Maduro's party and followed the confiscation of Venezuelan oil tankers by the United States.
- Maduro has described these confiscations as 'criminal naval piracy' and believes the U.S. aims to overthrow him.
- Similar laws already punish those who favor international sanctions against the government.