Juan Torres and Elizabeth Rodríguez, the doctors couple, were arrested on September 10 in an operation in Valera, Trujillo state. On Friday they were transferred to Caracas and they have not allowed the appointment of trusted lawyers
The NGO provided denounced the arrest of doctors Juan Torres and Elizabeth Rodríguez in the Trujillo state. The arrests occurred on September 10, the day of the arrests of the relatives of Pedro Andrade Hernández“Who are already free.”
The relatives of both Trujillanos doctors They denounced That National Guard officials, Conas, the Trujillo State Police, Sebin, and two DNB divisions participated in the operation.
«My parents Juan Torres and Elizabeth Rodríguez were on their way to work. They were arrested and taken to the Coordination of Police Investigations in the La Beatriz urbanization, ”they told Prova.
They also stressed that before their arrest, Torres – coordinator of the Citizen Renewal Movement – “suffered countless threats from the government because he publicly denounced the lack of supplies and transparency at the Central Hospital of Valera where he worked years until he was prohibited from entry.”
After the arrest, their home was raided without a court order and without the presence of prosecutors of the Public Ministry. Family members said some belongings were stolen or shattered.
The couple was transferred on Friday, September 12 to the headquarters of the National Antiextory and Kidnapping Command (Conas) in Paraíso, in Caracas. The appointment of trusted lawyers has not been allowed and the charges are unknown.
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