Overview
- They landed at Madrid’s Barajas airport on January 9 and reunited with family members.
- The group comprises José María Basoa, Andrés Martínez Adasme, Miguel Moreno Dapena, Ernesto Gorbe, and Rocío San Miguel.
- They were detained by SEBIN in September 2024 near the Colombia–Venezuela border and held for about fifteen months without public charges.
- During their confinement they were kept in Rodeo I on the outskirts of Caracas, which Spanish coverage describes as one of the region’s harshest prisons.
- Venezuelan authorities had portrayed them as part of an international plot to assassinate Nicolás Maduro, and Spanish outlets say the releases are presented as a peace gesture by the new government following his reported capture.