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Venezuela’s Prisoner Release Excludes Argentine Gendarme Nahuel Gallo

Argentina condemns his continued detention as relatives report isolation and abuse at El Rodeo I.

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.