2023-08-09 02:44:52
Amnesty International demanded from the Maduro regime “dignified detention conditions” for former leader Guillermo Zárraga.
The NGO Amnesty International denounced on Tuesday the serious health situation and inhuman prison conditions suffered by Venezuelan engineer Guillermo Zárraga, a 59-year-old former trade unionist of Petróleos de Venezuela (PDVSA) who has been arbitrarily detained by the regime for more than two years. of Nicolás Maduro on charges of “terrorism”.
Through a statement addressed to the Minister for the Penitentiary Service of the Chavista dictatorship, Celsa Bautista, the organization demanded that Zárraga be given immediate medical attention, as well as access to medicine and food. He also requested her release or, failing that, that her human rights be respected while she is in state custody.
“Zárraga’s life cannot continue to be in danger due to the refusal of the prison authorities to guarantee his right to decent prison conditions and physical integrity,” reads the document published by the organization on its website.
“Guillermo’s health has seriously deteriorated as a result of the inhuman conditions of confinement and the lack of adequate nutrition. In March he suffered a cardiac syncope and blood tests revealed severe alterations that need urgent and reliable medical treatment, ”adds the text.
The former Venezuelan trade unionist worked as a technical operator at PDVSA and was arrested by the dictatorship’s political police for providing security information to an American who was trying to attack an oil complex. (Archyde.com)
According to Amnesty International, the former Venezuelan trade unionist has lost around 20 kilos in weight in recent months and suffers from heart problems that cause him to faint frequently. However, the officials who respond to the Maduro dictatorship have repeatedly refused to offer him any type of medical treatment and have prohibited him from visiting his relatives.
“Guillermo was arrested and charged on the basis of false or non-existent evidence. In addition, they denied him access to trusted legal assistance and even coerced him into admitting the alleged crimes of which he was accused,” denounced the NGO.
The arrest of Zárraga by the General Directorate of Military Counterintelligence (DGCIM), Maduro’s political police, occurred after the Venezuelan regime assured that a “terrorist attack” had caused an explosion in a tower of the Amuay oil complex. , in the Falcón state, with a capacity to produce 645,000 barrels per day.
In addition to his role as a union leader, Guillermo Zárraga was photographed with Juan Guaidó, a well-known opposition leader. Said image was used in the accusation to indicate Zárraga’s alleged intention to support acts of sabotage.
Guillermo Zárraga was detained in the Yare II jail, for common prisoners.
According to the Public Prosecutor’s indictment, Zárraga was charged with providing national security information to an American who had been detained in September and believed to be a CIA agent who intended to “sabotage” the refinery.
“The Amuay refinery has suffered from mismanagement and neglect by the Maduro regime for more than a decade. Blaming the oil union leader, Guillermo Zárraga, who is presumed innocent, is a farce and violates his human rights. We demand the immediate release of Zarraga. The world is watching. The false charges cannot hide the mismanagement and corruption that has existed in PDVSA for many, many years,” the US embassy in Venezuela said at the time.
The Nicolás Maduro regime has constantly harassed, prosecuted and censored civil society activists and organizations dedicated to defending the rights of the Venezuelan population in the midst of a complex humanitarian emergency and a deep human rights crisis that has forced more than than 7.24 million people, according to figures for the month of March, to leave the country.
In early 2020, the Venezuelan dictatorship arrested another worker from PDVSA’s maritime subsidiary for allegedly criticizing Maduro in a meeting, as well as two executives from the company’s supply and marketing department for allegedly providing inside information to the United States. .
(With information from Archyde.com)
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