Orlando Moreno, human rights coordinator of Vente Venezuela, explained that José Ángel Lepage, political leader and collaborator of the Command with Vzla in the entity, and Christian Méndez, an athlete from the region, were detained in Tucupita, yesterday, January 13
The political organization Vente Venezuela (VV) denounced on the afternoon of this Tuesday, January 14, the arrest of two citizens in Delta Amacuro, one of them a political leader and collaborator of the Command with Venezuela in the eastern entity.
“Urgent. Christian Méndez and José Ángel Lepage, two citizens kidnapped since yesterday, January 13, in Delta Amacuro. Christian is a very beloved athlete in the area. And Lepage has contributed to the ConVzla Command in the entity. Both are being criminalized by the regime. We demand freedom for Christian, José and all political prisoners,” Vente wrote in his account on X.
Orlando Moreno, human rights coordinator of Vente Venezuela, explained that Méndez and Lepage were detained in Tucupita, capital of Delta Amacuro, yesterday, January 13.
#Urgent They are Christian Méndez and José Ángel Lepage, two citizens kidnapped since yesterday, #13Janin Delta Amacuro.
Christian is a very beloved athlete in the area. And Lepage has contributed to the ConVzla Command in the entity.
Both are being criminalized for… https://t.co/T6U3WL1q0U
— Human Rights Vente Venezuela (@VenteDDHH) January 14, 2025
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“Criminalized for demonstrating”
Moreno reported that Lepage, a political leader and collaborator of the Command with Vzla in the entity, “has disappeared” since yesterday afternoon, but that “close friends” assure that he is in the Bolivarian National Intelligence Service (Sebin) of Tucupita; while Méndez was transferred to the “DSIP, an organization attached to the Delta Amacuro state police,” Moreno said.
“Both are now criminalized for exercising their right to peaceful demonstration on January 9,” said the VV coordinator.
“Masked regime officials violently took Christian away when he was preparing to give his functional exercise class near Paseo Malecón Manamo,” Moreno detailed.
Méndez and Lepage join the five detained for demonstrating on January 9, when the opposition leader, María Corina Machado, called to take to the streets; among them the journalist Julio Balzamember of the Command with Venezuela.
*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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