He Vente Venezuela Human Rights Committee (VV)opposition party led by María Corina Machado, demanded the liberation of Virgilio Laverdemedical student and youth coordinator of the organization in Bolivarupon fulfilling one year of his arrest After the presidential elections in which the CNE proclaimed the victory of Nicolás Maduro.
“Virgil is youth leader and, at the time of his kidnapping, he was about to celebrate his graduation as a surgeon, a title he has not been able to receive because he was unfairly after bars,” the game said in X.
The committee recalled that the young man of 24 years was arrested by CICPC officials.
“He is one of the hundreds of young people who today remains in the hands of the regime being criminalized by the simple fact of thinking differently,” he added.
Laverde’s arrest
The NGO Committee for the freedom of political prisoners story in x that laverde was arrested after receiving A call to meet with friends.
“When leaving his residence in the Cathedral Parish of Ciudad Bolívar, Patrols of the Cicpc intercepted him and forced to climb their vehicles. Since then he remains held at the Homicide headquarters of the Cicpc in Ciudad Bolívar, unfairly accused of terrorism and incitement to hate,” he said.
According to Criminal Forumin Venezuela there are 807 political prisonersmostly detained during protests against official results of the elections of July 28, 2024in which the CNE announced Maduro’s victory, while the Opposition states that the winner was Edmundo González Urrutia.
However, the Government and the Prosecutor’s Office insist that in the country There are no political prisonersensuring that these people were arrested for Common crimes.
