Rocío San Miguel turns a year and has not yet been able to designate his own defense to face a trial that has continuously dilated. The activist suffered a fracture in the shoulder that requires surgical intervention for more than five months
Rocío San Miguel turns a year in prison, this February 9, and after 12 months of his detention he is still waiting for the judicial process to be in charge of charges for “terrorism” and “betrayal of the Patria », a trial that has been dilated over and over again and in which he has also denied the right to designate his own lawyers, so his case is in charge of a public defender imposed.
He can only receive visits from his daughter and more than five months ago suffered a shoulder fracture that requires surgical intervention that has not been authorized. It is being held in the helicoid.
San Miguel, expert on military issues and director of the NGO Citizen Controlwas linked by the Prosecutor’s Office with an alleged assassination plan, the case “Black Bracelet”, an alleged plot to attack a military base in Táchira.
Stop at the airport
San Miguel, 58 years old and of Venezuelan and Spanish nationality, was arrested in the migration area of Maiquetía International Airport, when he was with his daughter Miranda Díaz, 25, who was also briefly detained and then released under a measure of probation.
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The trial is scheduled to begin on Tuesday 11, although this first hearing was scheduled for December and was postponed.
Juan González Taguaruco is the one who should be sworn in as his lawyer at the next hearing to finally access the file. In addition to “betrayal” and “terrorism,” the “conspiracy” positions, “Association to commit crimes and tempted homicide to Nicolás Maduro and Freddy Bernal, governor of the Táchira state are charged.
In addition to his daughter, three other relatives of San Miguel were arrested and then released under precautionary measures.
In the month of December 2024, photographs of Rocío San Miguel circulated in which it is observed that he is receiving medical care. The lawyer wore a green shirt and in one of the photos he holds a printed poster with the date, as if it were a life test.
At that time it was known that he had been with a fracture on the shoulder for four months and the lawyer González Taguaruco explained that he was only receiving analysis “is very limited to dress, to see, to eat”, so they will request a measure of release so that It can be operated and receive medical treatment outside of prison.
*Journalism in Venezuela is exercised in a hostile environment for the press with dozens of legal instruments arranged for the punishment of the word, especially the laws “against hatred”, “against fascism” and “against blockade.” This content was written taking into consideration the threats and limits that, consequently, have been imposed on the dissemination of information from within the country.
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