On January 8, the president of the National Assembly, Jorge Rodríguez, announced “a large number” of releases of political prisoners. The doctors Elizabeth Rodríguez, Jorge Yéspica, Pedro Fernández, Juan Torres and Enrique Ferreira are detained in prisons in Aragua, Miranda, Carabobo and the Capital District.
The Venezuelan Medical Federation (FMV) requested this Monday the 19th the immediate release of five doctors who remain detained for political reasons in the country.
The doctors Elizabeth Rodríguez, Jorge Yéspica, Pedro Fernández, Juan Torres and Enrique Ferreira are detained in prisons in Aragua, Miranda, Carabobo and the Capital District.
The obstetrician-gynecologist Jorge Yéspica Dávila was arrested in November 2024 for alleged promotion or incitement of hatred. He is being held in the Aragua Penitentiary Center (Tocorón). During the covid-19 quarantine in 2020, he was arrested and accused of violating the presidential decree and disturbing public order.
The union has reported that Yéspica is hypertensive, has osteoarthritis problems in his lower limbs, has suffered from depression and dermatological pathologies.
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Pedro Fernández, a surgeon specializing in urology and member of Médicos Unidos in the state of Mérida, was arrested on October 20, 2025 in Mérida and transferred to the Yare prison, in the state of Miranda. He was put on trial for terrorism and incitement to hatred.
Juan Torres, 61, and his wife Elizabeth Rodríguez, 63, both doctors linked to the Citizen Renewal movement, were arrested on September 10 of last year in Valera, Trujillo state, and transferred to the headquarters of the National Anti-Extortion and Kidnapping Command (Conas) in El Paraíso (Caracas).
The radiologist Enrique Ferreira, head of the Command with Venezuela Lara, was arrested on July 19, 2025 in the state of Lara and transferred to the Tocuyito prison, in the State of Carabobo.
On January 8, the president of the National Assembly, Jorge Rodríguez, announced “a large number” of releases of political prisoners. Until January 18, the organization Foro Penal has been able to verify 143 releases under restrictive measures of freedom.
*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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