They demand the freedom of Henry Alviarez and Dignora Hernández

The Vente Venezuela (VV) party, led by opposition leader María Corina Machado, demanded this Friday the release of its national leaders Henry Alviarez and Dignora Hernández, arrested six months ago, accused of alleged involvement in “violent actions” related to the July 28 presidential election.

«Six months ago, Henry Alviarez and Dignora Hernández, members of the Command with Venezuela, They were kidnapped by the Nicolás Maduro regime“, wrote the VV Human Rights Committee on the social network X.

He also said that the political leaders are being held at the headquarters of the Bolivarian Intelligence Service (Sebin) in Caracas, known as El Helicoide, “criminalized for exercising their political rights.”

«We demand freedom for all political prisoners“, he added.

Henry Alviarez and Dignora Hernández for alleged violent plans

On March 20, Attorney General Tarek William Saab announced the arrest of Alviarez and Hernández for their alleged involvement in violent plans related to the presidential elections.

Saab said that both men were captured “because of the confessions of Emil Brandt,” a regional head of the campaign command of the majority opposition, who was arrested in early March for being “incriminated” in “violent” and “terrorist” plans against the government.

Venezuela in a political crisis

Venezuela is experiencing a political crisis following the elections of July 28in which the National Electoral Council (CNE) proclaimed Nicolás Maduro as the winner, The disaggregated results have not yet been published, as established by the organization in its schedule, despite numerous calls within and outside the country.

For its part, the majority opposition, grouped in the Democratic Unitary Platform (PUD), insists on the victory of its standard-bearer, Edmundo González Urrutia, based on the “83.5% of the electoral records” that it says it obtained through people who were witnesses and members of the table during the electoral day, and which it published on a website.

Following Maduro’s proclamation as re-elected president, there were multiple protests across much of the country against the official result – some of which resulted in violence – which resulted in 25 deaths and more than 2,400 arrests, according to official figures.