Overview
- Emmanuel Macron announced Camilo Castro’s release on Sunday and the 41-year-old landed at Paris Orly in the afternoon, requesting time in private with his family.
- Foreign Minister Jean‑Noël Barrot said Castro was safe on a flight to France earlier in the day and later confirmed his arrival, thanking partners who assisted.
- Castro disappeared on June 26 at the Paraguachón border post while seeking to renew his Colombian visa and was subsequently held by Venezuelan authorities.
- Reporting indicates he was accused of terrorism and detained at El Rodeo prison without access to legal counsel, a situation his relatives and NGOs had denounced.
- Amnesty International highlighted his case within a wider pattern of forced disappearances in Venezuela, and Castro’s brief remarks on arrival called for peace and freedom as his family urged continued attention to others still detained.