This is what Diosdado Cabello says about teenagers arrested in protests

  • Sep, Mon, 2024
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Diosdado Cabello, Minister of the Interior, Justice and Peace, spoke this Monday about the teenagers who were detained for a month for participating in opposition protests against the questioned results of the presidential elections in Venezuela.

“Some are leaving with caution, with presentation, where parents take responsibility for the actions of their children. What do many parents say? That they did not know that their children were secretly contacted. Who? The fascism of Maria Corina Machado,” he said.

The official, appointed to the post a week ago, said that The releases have no relation to any NGO and stated that “it is the Venezuelan State acting consciously.”

He reported that The investigation into the teenagers and the deaths that occurred during the demonstrations will continue, which took place spontaneously throughout the country. On this occasion, hundreds of citizens from the neighborhoods that previously supported Chavismo also took to the streets to demand transparency and to make it clear that they did not vote for Nicolás Maduro.

“We do not persecute or kidnap anyone. “We don’t have youth camps like in the United States for migrant children who are separated from their parents. That doesn’t happen here in Venezuela. Nor does it happen in Palestine. We don’t do any of that,” he said.

“For us, children are untouchable. We love them with all our hearts and we are here to ensure that children have a country at peace, without fascism, without hatred, and without irresponsible people like the fascist terrorist María Corina Machado,” he added.

How many teenagers have been released from prison in Venezuela?

A total of 86 teenagers out of more than 100 arrested after the presidential elections of July 28 have been released between August 29 and September 1, the agency reported on Sunday NGO Penal Forum.

This organization, dedicated to the defense of political prisoners, detailed through X that the releases included people between 14 and 17 years of age, arrested following protests against the official election results.

Of the total number of releases, 74 are men and 12 are women.

The released adolescents come from the states of Miranda (9), Amazonas (1), Anzoátegui (6), Bolívar (3), Carabobo (4), Caracas (16), Cojedes (2), Lara (8), Mérida (8), Nueva Esparta (4), Portuguesa (5), Táchira (13), Yaracuy (1) and Zulia (6).

The NGO shared a video showing some of the teenagers reunited with their families after the court hearings.

Venezuelan opposition leader Andrés Velásquez described the detention of teenagers after the elections as one of the “most serious and inhuman” violations of human rights. According to the leader, the imprisonment of these young people ordered by Nicolás Maduro constitutes a crime against humanity.

Official figures indicate that more than 2,400 people have been arrested since July 29, Some of them were killed during demonstrations and others during police operations. In addition, 25 people have died in acts of violence.

Meanwhile, María Corina Machado said that there are still minors who are detained for protesting. He denounced that they find themselves in situations in which, in his opinion, their human rights are violated.

“The numbers are terrifying. “You have to think about what 150 children kidnapped, imprisoned and separated from their parents mean. Children who have been mistreated, tortured and forced to record videos praising Maduro is a monstrous thing,” Machado said during an interview with the Spanish media. Public Mirror.

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