Venezuelan activist Rocio San Miguel Maduro was sent to Helicoid, the regime's brutal prison.

Courts Venezuela They decreed the deprivation of liberty against the Venezuelan activist Rocio San MiguelThe head of the NGO Citizen Control has been detained since last Friday.Said to be attached“With a plot to assassinate Nicolás Maduro and other Chavista officials, one of his lawyers confirmed this Tuesday.

“The defense team of Rocío San Miguel and other relatives confirms that the judicial system deprived the director of citizenship control of his independence,” declared Judge Jose González Daguarruco in X.

He pointed out that the San Miguel detention center is the headquarters of the Bolivarian National Intelligence Service (SEBIN). Helicoid, in Caracas, the brutal prison of the regime. Many political prisoners who have come out have told how the torture machine set up in the prison by the government forces works.

Security also ensured that freedom against Alejandro José González CanalesThe former partner of the operative is a detention center that is the headquarters of the Directorate General of Military Counterintelligence (Dgcim).

Attorney General of Venezuela, Tarek William ChapSan Miguel was arraigned Monday night in the second anti-terror court, and M.P. It was also confirmed on Tuesday that he had sought action to deprive him of his liberty. “He was charged with the commission of crimes such as sedition, conspiracy, terrorism and association.”

He also highlighted that “preventive” detention was requested for González Canales for the “accused” commission of the crimes of divulging political and military secrets related to the security of the nation, obstructing the administration of justice and association.

Saab asserted that the activist and five of his relatives were “allegedly involved” in the so-called “White Bracelet” plot, which aimed to “try to kill President Nicolás Maduro and other high-ranking officials.” .

Spain and the former leaders of the Democratic Initiative of the United States (IDEA) condemned the “enforced disappearances” of Venezuelan dissidents this Tuesday. The opposition is led by presidential candidate María Corina Machado and a human rights defender.

“Knowing that the dictatorial regime of Nicolás Maduro brutalizes through the practice of enforced disappearances, (…) we condemn such cases and alert public opinion and the international community,” says the IDEA statement signed by 27 former heads of state. and the Government of Spain and Latin America.

According to the IDEA group, the missing include Juan Fridez, Luis Camagarro, Guillermo López and Victor Venegas, the four leaders of Vente Venezuela, and Rocio San Miguel.

Former Ibero-American presidents have described these actions as “deviations of human and political behavior” and commemorated these “enforced disappearances”. “Middle 20th Century Totalitarian Experiences That Filled Humanity with Shame.”

In the statement, the former leaders recalled the September 2023 report of the United Nations Freedom Committee, which described “short-term enforced disappearances, torture and extrajudicial executions” as “facts investigated by the International Criminal Court to determine Maduro's responsibilities.” regime.”

Last December, more than 60 NGOs asked the UN to monitor the “situation of democratic freedoms and human rights” in the country and to “pronounce appropriately” on the matter in view of upcoming election periods, including presidential elections. While they expect an increase in “oppression and harassment”.

In the past few hours, the UN Free International Mission to Venezuela, the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR) and Amnesty International, as well as hundreds of local NGOs, have expressed their concern about the San Miguel detention. The Venezuelan government respects their rights.

(with information from EFE)