Rolando and Otoniel Guevara were sentenced to 27 years in prison for the crime of homicide qualified with premeditation and alevosía against prosecutor Danilo Anderson, while Juan Guevara was sentenced to 30 years in prison for the same crime and, in addition, for illicit weapons. His defense said that it was a montage with false witnesses and full of procedural irregularities
The Committee for the Freedom of the Political Prisoners of Venezuela (CLIPPVE) denounced this Sunday, August 3 the arbitrary transfer and ignorance of the whereabouts of the Rolando brothers, Otoniel and Juan Guevara, who were 20 years old at the headquarters of the Bolivarian National Intelligence Service (Sebin) of El Helicoid for the murder of prosecutor Danilo Anderson.
The relatives of these three plunders ensure that there is no official information about their location.
Through Account in xthe NGO Clippve explained that the Helicoid officials confirmed the transfer of the Guevara brothers, but not the new site of seclusion.
The relatives of the Guevara brothers said they went to Rodeo I and Rodeo II and told them that they were not in those places; However, in the second place of imprisonment, according to the explanation of Clippve, they were informed “that they were probably denied information in Rodeo I.”
This NGO demands “faith of life, immediate information about its whereabouts and respect for their dignity and rights” and recalled that the transfer of these detainees without notification to relatives or legal team, “violast violations fundamental guarantees and deepens the anguish and uncertainty of their loved ones.”
For its part, Justice, encounter and forgiveness (JEP) also condemned the transfer, they denounced that it contravenes the Venezuelan legal framework, in addition, they emphasized “they are the judges, who know the cause, the competent authority to authorize and supervise any transfer of place of seclusion.”
This NGO also argued that the situation of the Guevara brothers is replicated in many other cases in which “the pattern of intercancele transfers without attachment to due process is followed, which generates uncertainty, anxiety and emotional and economic wear for families, who are responsible for providing their loved ones with basic supplies such as food and medicines.”
Justice, meeting and forgiveness also demands to the authorities immediately and officially inform the whereabouts of the Guevara brothers, as well as the other prisoners that have recently been translated and their whereabouts are unknown.
«Arbitrary transfers not only aggravate the conditions of seclusion, but also constitute a form of institutional abuse towards those who already face multiple forms of exclusion and abandonment. The State has the obligation to guarantee rights, not to deepen suffering, ”added the organization.
Rolando and Otoniel Guevara were sentenced to 27 years in prison for the crime of homicide qualified with premeditation and alevosía, while Juan Guevara was sentenced to 30 years in prison for the same crime and, in addition, for illicit weapons.
Last April, legal representatives asked the Inter -American Court of Human Rights (IACHR) to order the release of the Guevara, because they affirmed that the case was a assembly with false witnesses and full of procedural irregularities.
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