Former political prisoner and activist Villca Fernández indicated that US immigration authorities seek to close his asylum case and deport him to a third country. «These agreements were not created for victims or witnesses of torture before international criminal justice. Applying it to my case does not constitute immigration cooperation but rather represents a serious and imminent risk to my life.
Former Venezuelan political prisoner Villca Fernández denounced that his life and freedom are at risk due to the attempt by United States immigration authorities to close his political asylum process, with which he could be deported to a third country.
«My life and my freedom are at risk. “I am an asylum seeker in the United States and there are currently attempts to close my asylum case and transfer me to a third country,” denounced on his social networks Fernández, who was tortured in 2016 when he was detained by the Bolivarian National Intelligence Service (Sebin). The human rights violations he suffered have been denounced by international organizations.
On January 27, 2016, Fernández was pointed out by . On January 31, 2016, Villca Fernández was arrested by Sebin officials. Four days earlier he had been accused by the now Minister Diosdado Cabello of being part of an alleged conspiracy to destabilize the country. In 2018 he was forced into exile in Peru.
Fernández indicated that the eventual deportation to a third country would be carried out within the framework of an agreement signed by the United States with Ecuador and Uganda. «These agreements were not created for victims or witnesses of torture before international criminal justice. Applying it to my case does not constitute immigration cooperation but represents a serious and imminent risk to my life.
He reiterated that he did not flee Venezuela, but was banished by the administration of Nicolás Maduro in complicity with Vice President Delcy Rodríguez and the Minister of the Interior, Diosdado Cabello.
He stressed that the persecution against him did not end with his exile but rather turned into transnational harassment. «In Colombia I was the victim of an attempted kidnapping by terrorist groups allied with the Venezuelan government; “In Peru I was persecuted by Sebin officials and Nicolás Maduro requested my extradition to the Peruvian government as part of this political persecution.”
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