Jesús Useche requires specialized attention. Family members reported that he has been under neurological control since he was 4 years old, depends on permanent medication and requires specialized attention in psychology and psychiatry.
During the night of Saturday, January 11, Jesús Gabriel Useche Moncada, 19, was charged with terrorism; his relatives fear that he may have been transferred to the Aragua Penitentiary Center, known as Tocorón. Useche has moderate cognitive disability and attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD).
Jesús Useche requires specialized attention. The relatives reported that he has been under neurological control since he was 4 years old, depends on permanent medication and requires specialized attention in psychology and psychiatry. In addition, they indicate that he is in sixth grade and has the maturity of a 13-year-old child, so “he does not “He has the ability to face the harsh reality of being behind bars, away from his family.”
Furthermore, family members reported that they have not been allowed to provide him with the medications necessary for his health condition, although on January 10 they presented a report that supports his cognitive condition.
“Despite his special needs, he is facing an accusation of terrorism, which represents a serious violation of his human rights,” denounced the Committee for the Freedom of Political Prisoners (Clipp). “Jesus cannot be imprisoned, his health is worsening with the unjust confinement,” he adds.
POLITICAL PRISONER WITH DISABILITY | The young Jesús Gabriel Useche Moncada, only 19 years old, who has a cognitive disability and has been diagnosed with attention hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), was arrested last #9Jan in Cabudare, Lara state, for… pic.twitter.com/rZws5ALSCR
— Committee for the Freedom of Political Prisoners. (@clippve) January 12, 2025
The Human Rights NGO of Los Llanos Venezuela (Fundehullan Vzla) recalled the responsibility of the State to protect the health and life of detained people, indicating that “we urge the Venezuelan authorities to guarantee the right to health and life of people who are detained (art 43 CRBV) the “state will protect the lives of people who are deprived of their liberty.”
ATTENTION#Lara This #9January Young Jesús Gabriel Useche, 19 years old, was unjustly detained in #Cabudare by the (GNB) at the time he was walking down the street, this young man suffers from cognitive disability and (ADHD) and depends on a series of medications that have not… pic.twitter.com/CabtlFHZn2
— Fundehullan Vzla (@FundehullanVzla) January 12, 2025
A minor detained
The Vinotinto Movement Civil Association reported the arrest of Jesús Gabriel Useche Moncada, 19 years old, and a 16-year-old boy, in Cabudare, Palavecino municipality, last Thursday, January 9, when they were traveling near an opposition demonstration and were intercepted by troops of the Bolivarian National Guard (GNB).
The teenager arrested along with Useche would also have been charged with terrorism, after his presentation on the afternoon of January 11, he was assigned to the Pablo Herrera Campins Social Education Center, in El Manzano, Lara state.
He is the only teenager detained for political reasons, according to the NGO Foro Penal. In December 2024, all minors detained in the post-election context were released. According to the NGO, Useche is being held in Detachment 112 of the GNB, located in the La Montañita sector of the Palavecino municipality.
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