Two months after the forced disappearance of the opposition leader Freddy Superlano and the journalist Roland Carrenohis family and friends continue to receive no response from the Venezuelan authorities regarding his whereabouts or state of health.
Aurora SilvaSuperlano’s wife, reported that this Saturday nine weeks since both were last seen. According to unofficial information, they could be held in the penitentiary center The Rodeo Iin Guatire. However, access has been systematically denied to their families and lawyers.
“It’s been 15 months without seeing him, without talking to him, and now it’s worse: without knowing where he is, if he’s eating, if he’s taking his medications. Two months without being able to give him his personal things. “We demand an urgent faith in life.”Silva said in a statement released through social networks.
What happened to Freddy Superlano and Roland Carreño?
Superlano, who was detained in 2023, remained 13 months held in El Helicoideunder conditions of isolation and psychological tortureaccording to previous complaints from his family environment. His transfer, which occurred two months ago, marked the beginning of his current forced disappearance, in which – according to human rights organizations – the Venezuelan State has failed to comply with international obligations to report on the whereabouts of the detainees.
In the case of Roland Carrenojournalist and political leader, his current situation is also unknown. Carreño was detained in 2020 and, despite being brought before the courts, his judicial process has remained confidential. His name, along with Superlano’s, appears in recent reports from NGOs such as Foro Penal and Provea. Which document at least 300 cases of forced disappearance or arbitrary detention in the country during the last two years.
Silva insisted that both her husband and Carreño are victims of political persecutionand reiterated his call to the international community to demand from the Venezuelan State a faith of immediate life.
“Enough. It was not enough to keep him incommunicado for 13 months. Now he’s been missing for two months. We demand to know where they are and how they are,” he said.
