John Matthew Heath was arrested in September 2020 after being accused of being an alleged US spy in Falcón. According to the authorities, heavy weapons, dollars in cash and other items were seized from the former Marine.
Relatives of the American John Matthew Heath, the former marine who was arrested in Venezuela in September 2020 for alleged acts of espionage at the Amuay and Cardón refineries in Falcón, warned in a statement that an attempt was made on his life.
Her aunt, Trudy Rutherford, told CNN that Heath had to be rushed to the Military Hospital in Caracas after inflicting injuries and asserted that his nephew “is now fighting for his life.”
He added that the information about John Matthew Heath was received through private channels and not by the US authorities on Monday, June 20, while recalling that in recent days he had a conversation with three senior officials of the Biden Administration whom he warned about his nephew’s mental health and physical well-being.
“Matthew’s life is in imminent danger and we do not detect any urgency whatsoever from the White House,” Rutherford said, adding that he is “wondering how I am going to explain to his 13-year-old son that his father is not coming home.” because the White House didn’t think saving him was important enough.”
In that sense, he expressed that they feel frustrated with the hesitancy of the White House on the Heath case to make a decision on it.
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For her part, the lawyer and human rights defender Tamara Suju corroborated the information about the former marine and said that he was on the 6th floor of the Military Hospital. She denounced that John Matthew Heath has been physically and psychologically tortured, just as he continues to receive “white” and psychological torture.
detailed in a thread Twitter that the Prosecutor’s Office presented three officials from the Dgcim as witnesses, whom Matthew recognized and since then the trial has been paralyzed because the agents of that security body do not want to go to offer their testimony.
I present as witnesses in Trial 3 of his Torturers whom Matthew recognized, and currently the trial is paralyzed because the Officials do not want to go to give testimony. The TORTURES in #DGCIM they are silent. BRACHO AND BRITO THE IMMEDIATE CHIEF.
— Tamara Suju (@TAMARA_SUJU) June 20, 2022
In January 2021, the US ambassador to Venezuela, James Story, made a call on their social networks the administration of Nicolás Maduro to release ex-Marine Matthew Heath, emphasizing that the American has been “unjustly detained” in the country for 500 days.
Story thus bowed to the request made by the then spokesman for the US State Department, Ned Price, about the Heath case. In a brief statement, Price assured that the ex-marine’s arrest was made “on misleading charges” and warns that the trial against the American remains ongoing.
President Nicolás Maduro reported on Friday, September 11, 2020 that the State security agencies they captured an alleged American spy which carried out an operation in Falcón, specifically in the Amuay and Cardón refineries. Days later it was said that this person’s name was John Matthew Heath.
According to Maduro, the person involved was arrested with heavy weapons, dollars in cash and other elements that make his responsibility for the events clear. He also stated that they have photos and videos to prove it, which will be revealed in the coming days.
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