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Venezuela Releases 71 Detained After 2024 Election Protests

Families call the holiday releases insufficient, pressing for a general amnesty.

Overview

  • Seventy-one people were freed on December 25, according to the Comité de Madres en Defensa de la Verdad.
  • Those released include 65 men from Tocorón prison in Aragua, three women from La Crisálida in Miranda, and three adolescents from La Guaira.
  • The NGO Comité por la Libertad de los Presos Políticos confirmed the excarcerations on X.
  • Relatives say the release process had been stalled since March 2025 and they continue to seek full legal freedom for all postelectoral detainees.
  • More than 2,400 people were arrested after the disputed July 28, 2024 vote; prosecutors labeled many as terrorists, while the Maduro government denies holding political prisoners.