Relatives of political prisoners have been kept outside different detention centers for 23 days awaiting release. After Delcy Rodríguez’s announcements, the releases of a group of American citizens, lawyer Eduardo Torres, Roalmi Cabeza and Jesús Enrique Gómez, were announced.
Relatives of political prisoners remain outside the detention centers. It has been 23 nights since the announcement of “a large number” of releases by the president of the National Assembly, Jorge Rodríguez. This Friday the 30th, with joy, they received the announcement about a general amnesty law, ordered by Delcy Rodríguez, and that must be approved by the Venezuelan parliament.
On Presidente Medina Avenue, a few meters from Sebin Helicoide, a police station that will “close” to become a “social and sports services center” for security forces and the community, family members welcomed the measure.
Jean Carlos Cariel, brother of Jecson Ricardo Cariel, a lawyer detained since 2022, read the news to the rest of the relatives who were concentrated in the place, asking for full releases and, in other cases, a “faith of life” for their loved ones.
“Freedom, freedom, freedom,” shouted the dozen family members. Some hugged and shed tears, like Kendy Daza and Xiomara Requena. Both are relatives – sister and mother – of two men who were allegedly found in the Guaicaipuro fort. The authorities of that facility have refused to allow visits or communication.
This was the reaction of relatives who were in the Helicoide, when they heard that Delcy Rodríguez announced the Amnesty Law. pic.twitter.com/EY33Ul3dJo
— Gabriela Gonzalez (@GabyGabyGG) January 31, 2026
*Read also: Delcy Rodríguez announces general amnesty law and orders the “closure” of Helicoide
In Rodeo I Prayer circles continued for the freedom of political prisoners. More than twenty family members are camping in this place awaiting release under precautionary measures. From this prison, classified as a maximum security center, civilians and foreign citizens have already been released, such as Marco Antonio Madrid, a Peruvian who compared the prison to a “concentration camp”.
#VIGIL | Night 23 in front of El Rodeo I
Under the night and the weight of fatigue, sisters, wives and mothers maintain their vigil outside the penitentiary center.
23 days of prayers intertwined with hope; 23 nights sustained by the faith of hugging your loved ones again… pic.twitter.com/IMiXq7ovN8
— Committee for the Freedom of Political Prisoners. (@clippve) January 31, 2026
In Zone 7, the PNB command located in Boleíta (Sucre municipality, Miranda state), a group of women chained themselves again to demand the freedom of their relatives despite the rain. The majority had been in a situation of forced disappearance for a few months, until Friday, January 23, when they were allowed visits.
Earlier, the relatives received a Catholic priest, who offered a mass for the freedom of all those detained for political reasons.
After Delcy Rodríguez’s announcements, the releases of a group of American citizens, the lawyer and activist of Provea, Eduardo Torres, Roalmi Cabeza and Jesús Enrique Gómez, were announced.
#30Jan 10:30 pm Until this time, today in the @ForoPenal We have confirmed the release of political prisoners EDUARDO JOSÉ TORRES MUÑOZ, ROALMI ANTONIO CABEZA CEDEÑO and JESÚS ENRIQUE GÓMEZ MÉNDEZ.
Beyond today’s announcements, releases must continue.
— Gonzalo Himiob S. (@HimiobSantome) January 31, 2026
According to the Minister of the Interior, Diosdado Cabello, 808 people have been released from December to Monday, January 26. Two days later, in an interview for a Colombian media, Attorney General Tarek William Saab assured that 643 precautionary measures had been granted.
However, human rights organizations put the total number of those released since January 8 at 302. These people are prohibited from giving statements to the media, using social networks and periodically appearing in court.
*Journalism in Venezuela is carried out in a hostile environment for the press with dozens of legal instruments in place to punish the word, especially the laws “against hate”, “against fascism” and “against the 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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