The Unitary Platform demands justice for the death of Jesús Manuel Medina

The Democratic Unitary Platform (PUD) demanded justice for the death of Jesús Manuel Medina -one of the hundreds of detainees after the elections on July 28-, who “died in state custody” this Thursday, according to the coalition.

In a statement, the PUD denounced that Medina, a “democratic leader” who participated in the elections as a polling witness in the state of Anzoátegui (east), was arrested on July 29 by “the regime of Nicolás Maduro” and died after ” mistreatment and denial of medical care, which aggravated his diabetes and heart conditions.

In that sense, the anti-Chavista bloc affirmed that his death “is the responsibility of the Maduro regime and its accomplices,” and recalled that it had already “warned about the danger that political prisoners face and that threatens their lives on a daily basis.”

«The case of Jesús cannot be repeated, the country does not tolerate more deaths nor more families suffering due to repression. We demand justice for Jesus, for his family and for all those who have died under Maduro’s gaze,” said the PUD, which asked the international community to raise its voice against the “systematic violation of human rights” in the South American nation.

According to the alliance, Medina “bravely defended the will of Venezuelans” expressed in the elections and “He kept the records that demonstrate the victory” in “his voting center” of the candidate Edmundo González Urrutiadesignated by the PUD as the “elected president”, despite the fact that the National Electoral Council (CNE) proclaimed Maduro the winner.

Jesus Manuel Medina suffered type 2 diabetes and had a heart problem

Hours earlier, opposition leader María Corina Machado said that Medina – who He suffered from type 2 diabetes and suffered from a “heart problem” – after his arrest he was taken to “subhuman” cells. where “he was severely mistreated and was in such precarious hygienic conditions that he had necrosis in both legs,” for which he was requested to be transferred to a hospital.

However, he continued, “for months, they denied him any medical attention, claiming that they needed permission from his superiors in Caracas” and, “finally, after so much time and complaints, he was transferred” to a hospital, where doctors, “at Seeing the state Jesus was in, they decided that they should amputate both of his legs,” but “in the middle of the procedure, this morning, he died.”

Until now, The Executive has not commented on Medina’s death or on the accusations of the opponents and organizations that reported the case.

After the PUD assured that there was fraud in the presidential elections, whose official result is not recognized by many countries, a crisis was unleashed marked by protests and police operations that resulted in 2,400 arrests, according to the Executive, although NGOs have verified 1,848 cases, among them that of Medina.