What the government said about the death of the opponent Jesús Martínez Medina

The Maduro government assured that the opposition political prisoner Jesús Martínez Medina, who died on Thursday in police custody, He received “due medical attention” during the 34 days he was hospitalized due to health complications related to the diabetes he suffered.

The government established its position in a statement released this Friday by the Prosecutor’s Office.

“This person, despite being preventively deprived of liberty, was hospitalized since October 11, due to suffering from type 2 diabetes. It is worth noting that throughout that time he had proper medical care and was provided with medications and other treatments. that his health condition warranted,” the text says.

A day after the majority opposition blamed the government of Nicolás Maduro for this death, the Prosecutor’s Office assured that “all institutions” linked to the justice system have “sought to guarantee due process, effective judicial protection and the enjoyment of “other constitutional rights, such as health.”

This, the statement continues, not only for Martínez Medina, “but also for the rest of those who are still deprived of liberty”, both for having been arrested after the presidential elections on July 28, but for the prison population in general, despite the fact that several NGOs have warned about numerous health problems of prisoners, supposedly neglected.

Opposition leader María Corina Machado, who called the electoral result fraudulent – not recognized by many countries – said on Thursday that the death of Martínez Medina, who worked in the state of Anzoátegui in favor of anti-Chavismo in the presidential elections, is “a crime.” more from Maduro and his regime.

«Despite his mother’s pleas, they did not want to transfer him to the hospital. For months they denied him any medical attention, claiming that they needed permission from his superiors in Caracas. He died at their hands, he died because of the inhumane conditions in which he was kidnapped,” Machado said in a statement.

After the presidential elections, a crisis was unleashed marked by protests and police operations that resulted in 2,400 arrests, according to the Executive, although NGOs have identified 1,848 cases, including that of Martínez Medina, as well as that of 69 adolescents and dozens of women, almost all accused of terrorism.