Overview
- Foro Penal said it had confirmed 139 releases as of Saturday at 5 p.m. local time, tracking excarcerations since the January 8 announcement.
- Recent releases include foreign nationals, among them Ukrainian student Yevhenii Trush—who has CIDH precautionary measures—as well as a Hungarian, a Romanian, a Czech, and an Iranian-Irish dual national.
- The government, represented by acting president Delcy Rodríguez, claims about 406 people have been freed since December and asserts the country has no political prisoners.
- Families and activists report many remain jailed—Foro Penal cites roughly 700—and describe harsh conditions, with a hunger strike and alleged isolation reported at Rodeo I.
- Relatives continue vigils and public actions, including a Bogotá rally, and opposition leader Edmundo González Urrutia said his son-in-law was seen after 374 days incommunicado and is visibly deteriorated.