Teenager detained in Carúpano for sending a message about the elections is in poor health
Teenager Lauriannys Valentina Cedeño Farías, 17 years old, arrested in Carúpano, Sucre state, on August 14 for sending a WhatsApp message against the Results of the July 28 process announced by the National Electoral Council (CNE)is in a delicate state of health.
The young woman suffered a nervous breakdown that caused brain damageaccording to a complaint by activist and former political prisoner Julio César Rivas, who heads the Juventud Activa Venezuela Unida (JAVU) movement.
Lau, 16, was kidnapped in Carúpano by henchmen of the dictatorship after being accused by Nilsa López de Mata for posting on social media. She suffered brain damage and was put on trial without a defense. She is one of more than 100 minors held hostage by Maduro after his defeat. FREE THE CHILDREN #JAVU pic.twitter.com/YJ4dPh9nX5
— Julio Cesar Rivas (@JULIOCESARRIVAS) August 22, 2024
Teenager arrested in Carúpano for a WhatsApp message
The teenager was arrested in Carúpano after forwarding information in a WhatsApp group rejecting the government and a member of the Bolívar Chávez Battle Unit (UBCh) of her community reported her to the security forces.
The NGO Justice, Encounter and Forgiveness (JEP) warned that, while the young woman was in a health center, She was prosecuted without the right to a defense for the crime of inciting hatred and was sentenced to imprisonment.
Local media in Cumaná reported that the teenager detained in Carúpano, who recently graduated from high school, faces the charge of inciting hatred after the messages she made on July 29.
Foro Penal has counted at least 1,503 confirmed arrests in Venezuela in the context of post-election protests against the official result of the presidential election. Of this group, 129 are adolescents, 14 indigenous people, 18 people with disabilities or chronic illnesses and 200 women.
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