Jesús Castillo, Organization Coordinator, and Yones Molina, Communications Coordinator, were arrested by a group of armed civilians, according to Vente Venezuela
Vente Venezuela denounces the arrest of two regional leaders of the political organization in the Mérida state, this Sunday, August 31.
Jesús CastilloOrganization Coordinator, and Yones Molina, Communications Coordinator, were “kidnapped by a group of armed civilians,” according to the public complaint made by Vente Venezuela this Monday, September 1.
Jesús Castillo is a young economist, graduated from the University of Los Andes and has dedicated himself to the formation of citizen leaderships for the defense of freedom and democracy, he explains in the publication of the social network X.
About Yones MolinaVente Venezuela says he is a young athlete, dedicated to the management of networks, political communication and the visibility of political prisoners.
Vente Venezuela, a political organization founded by María Corina Machado, points out that the arrest of Castillo and Molina is a new “attack” that intends to “silence Venezuelan youth that daily, struggles to remain in the country.”
They demand information about the whereabouts of Castillo and Molina, as well as their immediate freedom. “The international community cannot remain silent before the attack of the regime against Venezuelans,” they say.
*Also read: Committee denunciation and disappearance of former mayor of Barinas and three PJ leaders
This Monday, the Committee for the Freedom of Political Prisoners (CLIPPVE) also made public the complaint of arbitrary detention and forced disappearance of the former mayor of Barinas José Luis Machín and three leaders of First Justice (PJ) in the llanera entity during the early hours of August 25.
In addition to the former mayor, the detainees are Professor Isaura Villamizar and the engineers Miguel Jorge Álvarez and José Osorio (former president of the College of State Engineers), and a young junior nicknamed.
According to the Criminal Forum Organization, until August 26 there were a total of 816 political prisoners in the country, of them, 89 are foreign or Venezuelan citizens with double nationality. The Oenegé explained that 720 of political prisoners are men and 96 women.
*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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