Vente Venezuela said that Pedro Andrade and Hommel Torres were arrested in Táchira when they headed from Trujillo to Colombia. They demanded information about their whereabouts
The political organization denounced the arbitrary detention of Pedro Andrade and Hommel Torres, on the afternoon of Sunday, September 21 in a Alcabala in the Táchira state.
According to the publication on social networks, Andrade and Torres were arrested when they headed from Trujillo to Colombia.
«Since then, its whereabouts and physical integrity are unknown. We demand information where they are and their immediate freedom, ”said the organization this Tuesday, September 23 in its Account on social network X.
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The detainees, as confirmed by a party source to the EFE news agency, are collaborators of the command with Venezuela, the María Corina Machado and Edmundo González Urrutia political team.
Vente Venezuela stressed that “repression and siege against dissent continue.” Demanded the freedom of detainees in the border area.
According to the Criminal Forum Organization, there are 823 people detained for political reasons until September 15. Parties and Oenegé Human Rights defenders have denounced the increase in imprisonment, as well as transfers of political prisoners without informing their new location, which the Committee for the Freedom of Political Prisoners has indicated as part of the pattern of repression against dissent in Venezuela.
*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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