Lieutenant Colonel Igbert Marín Chaparro is being held at the Dgcim and has been on a hunger strike since November 21: with this action he demands an on-site visit by a commission from the Office of the UN High Commissioner. Through his ambassador, the US government pointed out the “inhuman conditions of detention” of the military personnel
“USA. expresses its solidarity with the Venezuelan political prisoner, Lieutenant Colonel Igbert Marín Chaparro, during the 50-day hunger strike to protest the inhuman conditions of detention. The lack of respect for Human Rights prevents democratic solutions and a solution to the crisis in Venezuela”, published through his Twitter account, on the night of this Tuesday, January 10, the United States ambassador to Venezuela, James Story .
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The US sympathizes with the Venezuelan political prisoner, Lieutenant Colonel Igbert Marin Chaparro, in the 50-day hunger strike to protest inhuman detention conditions. The lack of respect for human rights prevents democratic solutions and a solution to the crisis in Venezuela. https://t.co/65KEBciFmk
— Ambassador James “Jimmy” Story (@usembassyve) January 10, 2023
The lieutenant colonel of the Venezuelan Armed Forces, is being held in the cell known as the “House of dreams” in the General Directorate of Military Counterintelligence (Dgcim), detained since March 2, 2018 and accused of leading Operation Gideon ; began a hunger strike on November 21: with this action he demands a visit on site of a commission of the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights.
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Marín’s mother to Maduro: “My son is in his hands”
In the morning hours of this Tuesday, the mother of Marín Chaparro, Nellys Chaparro, asked the Venezuelan president Nicolás Maduro to intercede so that measures are taken for the well-being of the political prisoner.
“Nicolás Maduro and Cilia Flores, the life of my son is in your hands,” said Nellys Chaparro in a video that spread through social media. In the same audiovisual material, the mother of the lieutenant colonel reveals that her son is already showing signs of deterioration due to the hunger strike that began 50 days ago.
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My son’s life is in your hands!
50 days in #hunger strike goes the cry of a desperate mother.@NicolasMaduro@CiliaFlores#10January#liberenaigbert pic.twitter.com/06FUQI1Nlw
– Free Igbert (@liberenaigbert) January 10, 2023
On December 19, the lieutenant colonel was able to see His parents because a senior official from the General Directorate of Military Counterintelligence asked him to “lower the pressure” for the meeting to take place.
Marín Chaparro was accused by Diosdado Cabello, vice president of the United Socialist Party of Venezuela (PSUV) of leading Operation Gideon together with the general in chief Raúl Isaías Baduel, who died on October 12, 2021, and the brigadier general of the National Guard ( GN) Armando Hernández Da Costa, detained since 2018 in the Dgcim.
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