Overview
- TN reports Venezuelan authorities allowed family visits at El Rodeo I for the first time in months on Sunday.
- The mother of Gallo’s partner has been waiting outside the facility for days seeking information, and officials have not published any list of upcoming releases.
- Gallo has had no contact with relatives since his December 2024 detention, with his mother calling the scarce reports about him “very doubtful.”
- The last indirect confirmation of his situation came from fellow detainee Iván Colmenares, who described harsh conditions in El Rodeo I, now called CESMAS.
- Family members describe acute personal and financial strain, including the loss of Gallo’s rented home and his mother’s psychiatric treatment, and they allege his detention is illegal.