The relatives of the prisoners ask the authorities to confirm the place of confinement of several of the detainees and assure that those detained for political reasons “are not terrorists.”
Relatives of the political prisoners detained at the headquarters of the Bolivarian National Police (PNB) in Boleíta, Caracas, better known as Zona, held a vigil on the night of Saturday, January 17, to demand that more releases be given after the authorities’ announcements.
Students from the Central University of Venezuela (UCV) and members of the Federation of University Centers (FCU) from that same university accompanied the families to also request the release of those found there.
Early this Sunday morning, the president of the FCU-UCV, Miguelangel Suárez, reported that PNB officials tried to evict the vigil and intimidated the family members. He claimed that they were intimidated.
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“They have wanted to take a large part of the highway, in Zone 7, and they threaten the relatives’ camp,” said Suárez and asked the people of Caracas to accompany these people. In that same sense, he indicated: “We fear for the safety of political prisoners and their families and for possible reprisals.”
The student assured that the vigil was peaceful and said that prayers were held there to ask for the freedom of all political prisoners.
Some of the relatives of the political prisoners who remain in the surroundings of Zone 7, for several days, awaiting release, have decompensated after the physical wear and tear. UCV Firefighters went to the scene to provide medical assistance.
“The only thing that all of us who are here want is for you to tell us if your son is there, if this one is there, this one…” said a woman, through tears, to the PNB officials. She assured that her crying is not a show, but rather a mother’s feeling.
The Unitary Platform has confirmed 155 releases and demanded to accelerate the release processes so that “the suffering of political prisoners and their families finally ends.”
The mother reported that his son had a thrombosis while being detained and denied that those detained for political reasons “are terrorists.”
Listen to this testimony 💔.
Relatives of the political prisoners in Zone 7 continue to demand the immediate release of their loved ones.
This must stop!#MayTheyBeEveryone pic.twitter.com/cgMrpeXhwj
— ConVzla Command (@ConVzlaComando) January 18, 2026
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