The Daily Journal — Venezuela’s prison system recorded an average of one inmate death every two days during 2025, reaching a total of 181 deaths in prisons and police detention facilities, according to the annual report presented by the Venezuelan Prison Observatory (OVP). The report, titled In Venezuela, Death Is Preferable to Living the Horror […]
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The Daily Journal — Venezuela’s Public Prosecutor’s Office reported on Tuesday that forensic and genetic investigations show natural causes and no signs of violence in the death of Víctor Hugo Quero Navas, a political prisoner whose disappearance relatives and human rights groups had denounced. The Prosecutor’s Office said investigators exhumed the body and conducted multiple […]
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The Daily Journal.- Late on the night of Monday, May 26, the human rights organization Foro Penal confirmed the release of eight former military officers considered political prisoners, including former National Guard Brigadier General Ramón Antonio Lozada Saavedra and seven former Army sergeants involved in the so-called “Paratroopers Case.” The servicemen regained their full freedom […]
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The Daily Journal.- Venezuela’s interim president, Delcy Rodríguez, announced on Friday that at least 500 prisoner releases would be carried out “in the next few hours” in the country. The statement was made during a meeting presenting the progress report on the implementation of the Law on Amnesty for Democratic Coexistence, attended by National Assembly […]
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The Daily Journal.- The Office of the Presidency issued an official statement on Monday expressing condolences over the death of citizen Carmen Teresa Navas, which occurred on Sunday, May 17. In the statement, the presidential office reaffirmed that the case involving her son, Víctor Hugo Quero, remains under investigation, as previously ordered by the acting […]
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The Daily Journal.- The Committee for the Freedom of Political Prisoners (Clippve) confirmed the release of teenager Samanta Sofia Hernández Castillo on the night of Monday, May 18. Through its social media accounts, the organization stated that the young woman “is now with her family after being released from an unjust prison sentence imposed for […]
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For Carmen Teresa Navas, it was enough to gather the strength to find out where her son was. After finding him dead, sadness, helplessness, and perhaps rage seemed to have drained the health from her 82-year-old body. José Gregorio Yépez She was not looking for culprits. She was only looking for her son. In that […]
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