Those released are the activist Julio Velazco, the businessman Pablo Campos, Milciades Ávila and Edwin Moya. The first two left the PNB headquarters in La Yaguara and Ávila and Moya were held in Yare
Vente Venezuela activist Julio Velazco; Milciades Ávila, head of security for opposition leader María Corina Machado; and Edwin Moya, also from the security personnel, as well as businessman Pablo Campos, were released this Monday, March 2.
Velazco and Campos regained their freedom at the headquarters of the Bolivarian National Police (PNB) in La Yaguara, after having been detained in Zone 7. Both were transferred this Monday from Boleíta to La Yaguara and left with full freedom.
Julio Velazco was arrested on September 2 and for weeks his family did not know his whereabouts. His son Marcos Velazco celebrated the release on social networks, stating that “his freedom is the recognition of a right that should never have been violated.” He also demanded the release of all political prisoners.
Businessman Pablo Campos, 56, was also arrested in September; His relatives had reported that he needed urgent medical attention.
For his part, journalist Luis Gonzalo reported in x that Ávila and Moya, who were held in the Yare prison, also received their freedom.
María Corina Machado announced on Sunday, March 1, that she will return to the country “in a few weeks” with an agenda that, as she said in a video broadcast on social networks, includes moving towards “a new and gigantic electoral victory.”
The president of the Special Monitoring Commission for the Amnesty Law, Jorge Arreaza, reported this Monday, March 2, that 5,628 freedoms have been granted, after the approval of the legal instrument.
According to the data released, the Special Commission has received 9,060 applications.
*Journalism in Venezuela is carried out in a hostile environment for the press with dozens of legal instruments in place to punish the word, especially the laws “against hate”, “against fascism” and “against the blockade.” This content was written taking into consideration the threats and limits that, consequently, have been imposed on the dissemination of information from within the country.
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