Post-election protests: detained teenagers denounced as having been tortured at PNB headquarters

Relatives of at least eight teenagers detained in post-election protests They reported that The young men were tortured at the headquarters of the Bolivarian National Police (PNB) in Caracas, known as Zone 7to force them to record a video in which they said that opposition leaders paid them $50 to go out and demonstrate.

In an interview with journalist Fernando del Rincón, from the CNN network, the brother of one of the detainees – 17 years old – assured that the teenagers They were given electric shocks and tried to suffocate them by placing plastic bags over them to force them to make statements.

Representatives of the eight youths, accused of inciting hatred following the post-election protests, indicated that the minors recounted the torture they suffered at the PNB headquarters during the weekly visits they receive at their current detention center, House of Justice 431, in the El Cementerio sector.

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One of the relatives said that his client agreed to record the video saying that he received the alleged payment to participate in the post-election protests because he could not stand being tortured by police officers.

“They say that they were shocked and tried to suffocate them so that they would record the videos. This no longer happens in the juvenile center where they were held, but They are being held because they intend to charge them and sentence them to 10 years in prison.“, one of the complainants highlighted.

On Friday, September 13, relatives gathered outside the prison to report that of the 21 teenagers who were detained until last week, 8 remain there. They said that they are sick and underweight and that they eat spoiled food.