SNTP denounces the arrest of journalist Ana Carolina Guaita in La Guaira

Ana Carolina Guaita, a journalist for the digital media La Patilla, was arrested around 6:00 pm in the El Rincón urbanization, in the Maiquetía area, as confirmed by several relatives to SNTP. The place where she was taken or the reasons for her arrest are unknown.

The National Union of Press Workers (SNTP) denounced On the night of Tuesday 20th, the arrest of journalist Ana Carolina Guaita by alleged officials of the Bolivarian National Intelligence Service (Sebin) in La Guaira.

Guaita, who is a journalist for the digital media The Watermelon and daughter of political leaders of Copei, was arrested around 6:00 pm in the El Rincón urbanization, in the Maiquetía area, as confirmed by several relatives to the SNTP.

The National College of Journalists (CNP), Caracas branch, joined the complaint and said that this is an increase in the persecution against press and media workers. The union rejected “this State policy” implemented by the Maduro administration.

#20Aug Ana Guaita @AnaCGuaita correspondent of @la_patilla in #LaGuaira She was arrested by alleged agents of the #SEBIN in the El Rincon Urbanization #Maiquetia . / Government intensifies persecution of journalists and media. We reject this state policy. pic.twitter.com/TzgMfAqH7j

— CNP Caracas (@CNPCaracas) August 20, 2024

The director of La Patilla, Alberto Federico Ravell, condemned the arrest, which he described as an “unusual operation, with no rational evidence to justify an investigation.”