The Human Rights Committee of the Vente Venezuela (VV) party denounced this Wednesday the forced disappearance of Reinaldo Emilio Gutiérrez and his son Reinaldo Andrés Gutiérrez, who For more than 20 years they were in charge of the care and maintenance of the residence of Corina Pariscamother of opposition leader María Corina Machado.
Through its account on The organization warned that they do not know where they are being held, since neither the Venezuelan government nor the Prosecutor’s Office have confirmed the arrests.
“They were kidnapped and subjected to forced disappearance”said the Committee, which linked the arrest to the men’s relationship “with the family of the national leader.”
Machado, winner of the 2025 Nobel Peace Prize, remains in hiding, while her mother “He had to leave the country due to the brutal siege against him”he stated V.V..
This complaint occurs in a context of growing political tension. The Penal Forum, a specialized NGO, counts 875 political prisoners in Venezuela according to its latest bulletinwith a cut-off date of October 27.
A figure that contrasts with the official position: both the government and the Prosecutor’s Office insist that in the country there are no arrests for political reasons, but rather for the commission of crimes, a statement that is consistently rejected by human rights organizations and the opposition.
