The social communicator Marifer Lucía Guzmán Chacín admitted to being involved in the crime of promoting or inciting hatred and consequently the First Control Court of Anzoátegui imposed a sentence of 6 years and 8 months in prison, according to judicial sources.
The aforementioned crime is contemplated in the Constitutional Law against Hate, for Peaceful Coexistence and Tolerance, where a penalty of 10 to 20 years in prison is provided. In this case, the accused Guzmán Chacín admitted her participation in the events investigated by the Sixth Prosecutor’s Office of the Public Ministry and, consequently, the First Control Court sentenced her to 10 years; But, when applying the reduction ordered by article 375 of the Organic Code of Criminal Procedure, the sanction was 6 years and 8 months in prison, the source explained.
The investigation has its origins in the complaint filed against the social communicator on January 20, 2025 before the Criminal Investigation Service of the Bolivarian Police of the state of Anzoátegui.
The complainant states that Marifer Lucía Guzmán Chacín worked as a social communicator in the Government of Anzoátegui from March 1, 2024 to December 31, 2024, because her contract was not renewed.
After that contract expired, Guzmán Chacín dedicated himself to creating content that, in the opinion of the complainant, offended and discredited the Government of Anzoátegui, specifically the Institute of Culture. These contents were uploaded to social networks by the aforementioned social communicator.
Based on that complaint, Guzmán Chacín was arrested and presented before the Control Court 1 of Anzoátegui on February 10, 2025, the day on which she was charged and deprived of liberty, for the alleged commission of the crime of Promotion or Incitement to Hatred.
Subsequently, on March 27, 2025, the Sixth Prosecutor’s Office of the Public Ministry requested to open a trial against Guzmán Chacín. A few days later, the aforementioned court held the preliminary hearing to debate whether or not to order a trial against the social communicator, as requested by the Public Ministry. But in that same hearing, the judge asked the accused if she wanted to admit the facts; She answered yes and consequently imposed a sentence of 6 years and 8 months in prison, maintaining the preventive judicial deprivation of liberty measure.
Then, on May 30, 2025, the file entered Execution Court No. 2 and from this same date the conviction was carried out.
