Overview
- Venezuela announced the release of 71 political prisoners on December 26, but the list did not include Nahuel Gallo.
- Gallo has been detained for more than a year in El Rodeo I, a prison near Caracas known for harsh conditions in rights complaints.
- His partner, María Alexandra Gómez, says he remains isolated without calls or visits and faces psychological torture and death threats.
- She reports he lacks effective legal defense and has not been presented before a court, while prosecutors cite terrorism, espionage and instigation to hatred charges.
- Argentina’s security minister Alejandra Monteoliva labeled the situation inadmisible after meeting his family, intensifying tension with Caracas.