Maria Corina Machado says Maduro has condemned young people to violence and prison
Venezuelan opposition leader Maria Corina Machado said Sunday that President Nicolas Maduro has condemned young people to “exile, poverty and lack of opportunities,” as well as “violence and prison.” This is in relation to teenagers. detainees following the presidential elections on July 28.
«Maduro has not only condemned our children to exile, poverty and lack of opportunities; he has also condemned them to violence and prison, regardless of their age or origin»This is what the former MP wrote on her Instagram account.
He also said that the Venezuelan executive has violated the rights and dignity of adolescents, “separating them from their families and condemning to terror not only these boys, but also their parents and friends.”
“In the last few hours, and as a result of the world’s indignation, many of them have been released, but others remain kidnapped,” held.
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The opposition leader said that one of the teenagers detained in the northeastern state of Sucre collapsed, causing brain damage, and that she needed to be taken to hospital.
“There she was prosecuted without the right to a defense for the crime of inciting hatred, with a sentence of 24 years in prison,” he added.
On Sunday, the Venezuelan NGO Foro Penal reported that between August 29 and September 1, 86 adolescents out of more than 100 detained following protests against the official result of the presidential election, as counted by the non-governmental organization, have been released on bail.
Through X, the NGO indicated that the freed youths are between 14 and 17 years old, while saying that 74 are men and 12 are women.
The teenagers are, he continued, 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).
According to official figures, more than 2,400 people have been arrested since July 29 – some in demonstrations and others in police operations – and 25 have been killed in acts of violence that the government attributes to the opposition, while the opposition blames the state security forces, on orders from their superiors.
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