Relatives finally managed to see the political prisoners detained at the Zone 7 headquarters in Boleíta, after three weeks of protest to demand information and the freedom of those close to them. The authorities of this prison center asked people to wear jeans and white t-shirts to enter.
“I feel happy to see my son, thank God, and “We are going to continue seeing them,” a mother told journalist Seir Contreras.
A young woman commented that she managed to see her father, Omar Torres, coordinator of the Convergencia political party in the Baralt municipality of Zulia state: “Since they arrested him we didn’t know anything and seeing it is something incredible. “It’s not in the way one expects due to the conditions, but it’s good within what’s possible.”
“I feel happy, I have a lot of happiness in my heart,” said another mother who managed to see her son.
The mothers and relatives had stated on Monday that They would not break up the camp set up near the prison, where they remain to demand the freedom of their loved ones. The decision came after the Chavista government announced a release process on January 8, although the lack of transparency and speed in the process has been denounced.
The Minister of the Interior, Diosdado Cabello, assured on Monday that more than 800 political prisoners had been released, a figure that drastically contrasts with that of the NGO Foro Penal, which It has only been able to verify about 300 cases.
