Overview

• Nahuel Gallo has been detained at El Rodeo I since December 8, 2024, without formal charges, legal counsel or any contact with his family.
• His wife, María Alexandra Gómez, was evacuated in a covert operation and labels his incommunicado status a forced disappearance.
• Argentina’s government is demanding proof of life and full consular access amid deepening diplomatic rifts with Caracas.
• Formal complaints have been lodged with the International Criminal Court and the UN Working Group on Forced or Involuntary Disappearances to seek independent intervention.
• Gómez has called for the release of more than 50 other foreign nationals held under similarly opaque conditions in Venezuelan prisons.