Overview
- After Jorge Rodríguez announced the release of an “important number” of detainees, excarcerations have come in small, staggered batches.
- Independent tallies diverge: rights groups confirm roughly 12–16 releases while the main opposition lists up to 22, and Foro Penal still counts about 800+ people jailed for political reasons.
- Spain’s foreign minister confirmed five Spanish citizens were freed and flown to Madrid, including dual national Rocío San Miguel.
- Journalists report several excarcerated individuals were ordered to limit public statements and social-media use, indicating conditional freedoms.
- The government has not published a list of names, families continue night vigils outside El Helicoide and Rodeo I, and Caracas says formal contacts with the United States have restarted.