Marcos Velazco, son of political prisoner Julio Velazco, stressed that his father “is once again in a condition of forced disappearance.” He also said that since his arrest in early September he has not been allowed family visits, has no access to a private attorney and has been prevented from an independent medical evaluation.
Vente Venezuela denounced this Friday the transfer to an unknown place and “without a court order” of its activist Julio Velazco on December 27. The movement demanded his immediate release.
In one press releasethe political movement recalled that Velazco, 51, was arrested on September 2, 2025 and remained for 47 days in “a condition of forced disappearance, without his family or legal defense having official information about his location.”
The activist was presented “telematically” before the 4th Control Court with jurisdiction over terrorism and was charged with the alleged crimes of criminal association, terrorism and incitement to hatred. The judge in the case assigned him as a place of confinement the Directorate of Special Investigations (DIE) of the Bolivarian National Police (PNB) in La Quebradita, Caracas.
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Vente Venezuela pointed out that relatives and friends have received “contradictory versions” about Velazco’s place of confinement. “At the headquarters of the PNB Zone 7 they deny having him in custody, while officials of the DIE (PNB) La Quebradita have indicated that he was transferred to that headquarters, without to date there being any official and verifiable confirmation of his location.”
Marcos Velazco, son of the political prisoner, stressed that his father “is once again in a condition of forced disappearance.” He also commented that this time he has not been allowed to receive family visits, he does not have access to a private lawyer and he was prevented from having an independent medical evaluation.
In addition, since mid-November the delivery of food and medicine has been suspended. This entire situation, his son denounced, represents “a regime of isolation and incommunication,” for which he demanded “respect for due process, full guarantees of human rights” and the “immediate release” of his father.
*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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