They released Mariana González, the teenager detained after the elections who wrote an emotional letter
The Public Ministry reported on Wednesday about the release of Mariana González, the 16-year-old teenager who was detained in Carabobo in the post-electoral context. and that recently He sent a moving letter to his mother in which he said he felt “without strength, without the desire to live.”.
Through Instagram, the Prosecutor’s Office detailed that, in coordination with the National Service of Medicine and Forensic Sciences – attached to the Ministry of the Interior -, this Wednesday A medical evaluation was carried out on the young woman, without specifying further details, and a review of the measure was requested..
“This request was now agreed to by the corresponding court, and said young woman is free,” the Prosecutor’s Office indicated.
After the announcement of the release, the NGO Committee for the Freedom of Political Prisoners stated in X that the released young woman is 16 years old and was “unjustly imprisoned.”
«No child should remain imprisoned. We demand the immediate freedom of all children and adolescents who remain unjustly detained and of all political prisoners in Venezuela,” the organization stated.
Mariana González, a victim of Nicolás Maduro
The young woman Mariana González was arrested on July 29 by local police while she was returning home after an outing with her boyfriend.according to statements by his mother, Jenifer Febles.
In the letter that was released just a few days ago, the young woman described the state of emotional and physical exhaustion she suffered and expressed her anguish at not being able to celebrate the upcoming Christmas holidays with her loved ones.
“I miss you so much, mom. I have anxiety and a lot of depression. I miss the family. Four months without being with you, without attending my studies, without my life. They took everything from me and, the truth is, I don’t deserve this. I feel like every day everything is getting more and more complicated for me, I don’t want to spend Christmas without my family. Every night I ask God to give me strength and help me, I feel like I can’t take it anymore and that I’m left without strength.«, indicated the young woman in the text sent to her mother.
Mariana González, according to her mother, had the dream of being part of one of the State security forces. However, the suffering she has gone through has made her question her professional future.
The teenager’s words worried Febles. «I don’t want to make you feel bad, but if I can’t be with you, I don’t want to be with anyone. I prefer to die. Sometimes I want to hurt myself (…) I want to kill myself rather than continue suffering«wrote the girl.
Minors detained in post-election protests
Among those detained after the elections, according to the NGO Foro Penal, There are more than a hundred minors between 14 and 17 years old. —a fact later confirmed by relatives—, of whom—sources assured—48 remain imprisoned.
This Wednesday, the Minister of the Interior, Diosdado Cabello, assured that there are no children detained in Venezuela, in response to the prosecutor of the International Criminal Court (ICC), Karim Khan, who insisted on “the need to protect the rights of civilians, including children, and to release those detained for political reasons” in the nation.
Last September, the UN Fact-Finding Mission for Venezuela stated that at least 158 children, some with disabilities, were detained in the first days of the protests and were charged with serious crimes, such as terrorism or incitement to hate.
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