Overview
- Renzo, recently released after roughly 300 days in El Rodeo 1, says Gallo was moved to the cell directly opposite his, allowing him to see and identify him.
- According to Renzo, prisoners one night sang their national anthems despite bans on speaking, and Gallo sang the Argentine anthem before guards tried to quiet them.
- Renzo describes extreme confinement and asserts the detentions are a systematic practice he characterizes as kidnapping by Venezuelan authorities.
- Gallo has been held since December 8, 2024 after entering from Colombia, with Venezuela alleging involvement in destabilizing plots and Argentina insisting he traveled to visit his partner and child with Gendarmerie authorization.
- Argentina filed a forced-disappearance complaint at the OAS in October, and the witness urged President Javier Milei and international organizations to keep pressing, citing NGO reports of more than 800 political prisoners in Venezuela.