Overview
- Family groups and NGOs reported 71 excarcerations on Dec. 25, including 65 men from Tocorón, three women from La Crisálida and three adolescents from La Guaira.
- An official statement from the Ministry for the Penitentiary said 99 people tied to the 2024 post‑election unrest were released after case‑by‑case reviews with precautionary measures.
- Relatives showed documents indicating bans on travel and media interviews, restrictions on social‑media statements, monthly court appearances and prohibitions on communicating with one another.
- Rights organizations called the step insufficient and pressed for a general amnesty, noting hundreds remain jailed, with Foro Penal counting 902 and Justicia, Encuentro y Perdón citing 1,085.
- The partial restart follows a pause since March 2025 and unfolds under heightened international pressure, as Colombia’s President Gustavo Petro urges amnesty and some high‑profile detainees, including Argentine gendarme Nahuel Gallo, remain imprisoned.