The Committee for the Freedom of Political Prisoners denounced that the authorities still have not handed over the body of political prisoner Jesús Rafael Álvarez, who died in custody
The Committee for the Freedom of Political Prisoners denounced, this Saturday, December 14, that the authorities have still not delivered the body of political prisoner Jesús Rafael Álvarez, who died in custody. In a publication in X, the organization indicated that its son Jesús Alejandro Álvarez has spent the entire day processing permits to have his father’s body delivered to him.
«It arrived at 7am, this Saturday to the headquarters of the scientific police in Tocuyito and since then he had no communication with his family or friends, who accompany him in this painful moment,” the letter cited.
Earlier, Elizabeth Suárez, maternal aunt of Jesús Alejandro Álvarez, had reported the disappearance of her nephew when she went to make arrangements for the delivery of her father’s body.
The statements were made through a video broadcast on
“We want justice and for the body of Jesús Rafael Álvarez to be handed over to his son,” Suárez said.
#Urgent | Aunt of Jesús Alejandro Álvarez, son of the political prisoner Jesús Rafael Álvarez, who died in custody of the regime in Tocuyito, denounces the disappearance of her nephew when he went to make arrangements for the delivery of his father’s body.
We demand information about the… pic.twitter.com/vPs2IFxFlv
— Human Rights Vente Venezuela (@VenteDDHH) December 14, 2024
During the night of Friday, December 13, Álvarez had demanded that the authorities hand over his father’s body, after he went to the Carabobo Penitentiary Complex (Tocuyito prison) and the authorities did not give him a response.
Álvarez, who found out about his father’s death through social networks, declared to the Venezuelan Prison Observatory (OVP) that no one from the Ministry of Penitentiary Service informed him that his father’s body was in the Senamecf.
He indicated that he went to the scene and recognized the body through a photograph. “I saw my dad unrecognizable: emaciated, bearded, extremely thin.” He pointed out that in the photograph his father had a swollen cheekbone, with obvious signs of a blow.
Jesús Rafael Álvarez, 44 years old, political prisoner, died at the Tocuyito Judicial Confinement Center. His son found out the news through social networks and, after recognizing the body in the morgue, he went to the prison where they denied that any prisoner had died. He… pic.twitter.com/VIMEYUtQkW
— Venezuelan Prisons Observatory (@oveprisiones) December 14, 2024
«My dad was a healthy person, he didn’t suffer from anything. There they punished him just for being hungry. If he complained, he was isolated and tied up. If he asked to speak to the family, they beat him. “They punished my father and killed him in prison,” he said through tears.
So far, authorities have not issued an official statement on the death, even though it occurred in state custody.
“I don’t want my mom to die.”
The young man also told the OVP team that his mother, Anny Suárez de Álvarez, continues to be detained in a police cell in the state of Bolívar. He claimed not to know how to break this tragic news: “How do I tell a woman who has loved that man all her life?” The couple shared more than 20 years together and had never been apart.
“Today I am taking my dead father, but I don’t want my mother to be handed over to me anyway,” he expressed through tears. She cried out for her mother’s release, so that she could accompany them to say goodbye to her husband.
The couple was arrested on August 2, in El Callao, Bolívar state. Both were transferred to a National Guard headquarters in Puerto Ordaz. A month later, Jesús was transferred to the Tocuyito prison.
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