They reported that former deputy Américo De Grazia is detained in El Helicoide

• The daughter of the political leader assured that the conditions and charges against him are unknown | Photo: Diario Las Américas

María Andreína De Grazia, daughter of former deputy Américo De Grazia, reported that the political leader is detained in El Helicoide, in Caracas. The news was confirmed 24 hours after her father’s disappearance was reported.

The daughter said that her father’s condition and the charges against him are unknown.

“(El Helicoide) is the largest torture center in all of Venezuela. We don’t know what charges are brought against him, there is no arrest warrant, we don’t have proof of life and we don’t know what conditions they are holding him in,” María Andreína warned in her Instagram stories on August 8. She blamed the government of Nicolás Maduro for the incident.

María Andreína thanked the media and other people who have contacted her family to support them in her father’s case.

“This is not Américo De Grazia’s fight, it is not his children’s fight, it is not María Corina’s fight, it is not the Venezuelan opposition leaders’ fight. This is each one of us’ fight,” he said.

The complaint about the disappearance of Américo De Grazia

Américo De Grazia’s relatives reported on Thursday, August 8, that the former deputy He had been missing since August 7They held the government of Nicolás Maduro responsible for anything that happened to the former mayor of the Piar municipality in the state of Bolívar.

“My father has been missing for 24 hours, we have no news of him, we do not know his whereabouts, we do not know his physical integrity. We are asking the relevant authorities for answers,” María De Grazia said.

In stories posted on his Instagram account, he said that after the presidential elections on July 28, his father had been persecuted for his political position, which is why he was under protection.

He said that De Grazia decided to travel to Caracas the week of July 29 to “make all the allegations public”; however, they lost contact with him at noon on August 7.

Other opposition leaders arrested after July 28 elections

On August 8, the organization Defend Venezuela denounced that the leader Williams Dávila Barrios was arrested in Caracas.

According to the information, the former governor of Merida was last seen in the vigil called by the opposition on August 8 in Los Palos Grandes Square (Caracas).

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On the night of August 6, state security officials arrested María Oropeza, head of the campaign for the Command with Venezuela in the state of Portuguesa.

The incident was recorded in a live broadcast from the opposition leader’s Instagram account.

That same day, lawyer Joel García confirmed that Freddy Superlano, national political coordinator of the Voluntad Popular party, was being held in El Helicoide. The leader was arrested on July 30 by state police officials.

Total number of arrests after the presidential elections

Since July 29, several protests have been reported in rejection of the results of the presidential elections given by the National Electoral Council (CNE).

In the context of these protests, more than 1,200 people have been arrested by state security forces, including political activists, civil society, human rights defenders and journalists.

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According to the Penal Forum, between July 29th until 9:00 am on August 9th 1,263 arrests confirmed after electionsOf that number, 114 are adolescents, 16 are people with disabilities and 160 are women.

Alfredo Romero, president of the Penal Forum, said in an interview with Infobae On August 7, he said that most of the detainees are on average 20 years old. He also stressed that they are being held incommunicado and are prohibited from providing private defense.

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