Human rights organizations and political parties condemned Torres’ death and demanded a transparent investigation of the events.
The Attorney General, Tarek William Saab, reported that political prisoner Edison Torres, who died on Saturday, January 10 in state custody, suffered a stroke and cardiac arrest.
According to the official, Torres presented “a sudden health decompensation” and was transferred “immediately” to the Domingo Luciani hospital where he was admitted alive and was treated “timely” by the medical staff. However, “he suffered a cerebrovascular event followed by cardiac arrest, which caused his death.”
The investigation of these events was carried out by the Scientific, Criminal and Criminal Investigation Corps and the 13th Human Rights Prosecutor’s Office, the prosecutor said in the statement.
Human rights organizations and political parties condemned Torres’ death and demanded a transparent investigation of the events.
They pointed out that the death of the police officer, who was imprisoned in Zone 7 of the Bolivarian National Police, raises the alarm about the condition of people detained for political reasons in the country.
This Sunday, the Committee for the Freedom of Social Fighters and Political Prisoners reported that 26 people have died in state custody during the last decade.
«We have described the deaths of #PoliticalPrisoners in Venezuela as state murders. The vast majority have died as a result of prison conditions, lack of attention to their health or torture. As of today #11Jan there are 26 of these State Crimes,” he noted in the publication.
*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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