Four minors were released from prison, according to the OVP

Four teenagers arrested after protests against the official result of the presidential elections of July 28 in Venezuela were released this Saturday from a prison in the state of Guárico (center). This was reported by the Venezuelan Prisons Observatory (OVP).

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He explained that the four young people received precautionary measures, so – he maintained – their trial will continue from Caracas.

According to NGOs and opposition parties, in Venezuela there are 1,850 people arrested after the presidential elections, in protests against Maduro’s re-election or in police operations, among them 69 minors, as well as dozens of women and soldiers, almost all accused of crimes. as terrorism and conspiracy.

Releases in Venezuela

This Saturday, the Attorney General of Venezuela, Tarek William Saab, assured that 225 freedom measures were “granted and executed” to people detained after the post-electoral crisis, after requesting that the courts review these cases.

The Prosecutor’s Office published this information on Instagram hours after various NGOs announced more than a hundred releases that were recorded since dawn and throughout the day in various prisons in Venezuela.

According to the institution, which did not detail which prisons in the country the people who received the measures were in, the request to review the cases was made based on “exhaustive investigations based on new evidence and elements of evidence collected by prosecutors.”

Meanwhile, the NGO Foro Penal, which is among the organizations that assisted the detainees, indicated that at least 107 people linked to the post-election protests were released during the day from various prisons in the country, a figure that does not include a number. indeterminate number of women released from a women’s penitentiary center.

The releases took place throughout Saturday in small groups to add up to more than 100 at the end of the day.

The Venezuelan opposition celebrated the release of these people, while demanding the definitive release of all those considered “political prisoners” without any type of measure to keep their judicial processes open.

«They are citizens who have suffered irreparable damage unjustly. They are heroes of this long and painful struggle. Your country accompanies you with our prayers and history will recognize your sacrifice,” said opposition leader María Corina Machado in X.