The justice organization meeting and forgiveness (JEP) denounced that this Thursday 60 days of the Transfer of Rolando, Otoniel and Juan Guevara From the Helicoid detention Center, without their relatives having received information about their whereabouts or on the conditions in which they are.
Through a statement published on its social network X, the organization said: “The prolonged absence of information has generated a deep anguish in their relatives, who do not know if they have adequate food, water, hygiene items or medical care.”
They stressed that in the case of Rolando Guevara, it requires urgent treatment for suffering from arterial hypertension and calcification in the coronary arteries, an aspect that also detailed the independent international mission of determination of the UN acts.
JEP warns that the practice of Transfers without notification It has been documented in other cases in Venezuela, which prolongs uncertainty and hinders legal and family accompaniment. The organization denounces that prolonged incommunication, institutional opacity and the denial of basic rights have become systematic patterns that seriously violate the dignity of detainees.
He called on the authorities to inform about the whereabouts and conditions of the Guevara brothers, guarantee their life and physical integrity and ensure immediate access to the necessary medical care.
The case of the Guevara brothers
The Guevara brothers were arrested in November 2004 by officials of the former Directorate of Intelligence and Prevention Services (DISIP). The arrest was made without a court order and without informing them the reasons for their arrest.
The Inter -American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR) He denounced that after the arrest they were taken to an unknown whereabouts, where they were subjected to acts of torture for days while they were interrogated about the murder of the Public Prosecutor Danilo Baltazar Anderson. Subsequently they were briefly and detained again to appear legality in the process.
In 2005, the three were convicted of that crime. However, organizations such as JEP and IACHR herself have denounced serious Irregularities in the trialincluding false testimonies, violations of due process and lack of access to key tests by the defense.
