The Human Rights Committee of VENENTE VENEZUELA (VV) party, led by the opponent María Corina Machado, He denounced on Saturday the arrest of two collaborators in Trujillo and demanded to know his whereabouts.
Through X, VV said that Elizabeth Rodríguez and Juan Torres were arrested by government officials of Nicolás Maduro last Wednesday “when they were going to their work.”
Since then, “its whereabouts and physical integrity are unknown,” they said.
“Elizabeth is hypertensive and Juan is diabetic, so they must take permanent treatment to protect their health,” warned the committee, which demanded his “immediate freedom.”
This Saturday, the Venezuelan opposition party Popular Will (VP) denounced the unknown whereabouts since last Friday by Macario González, a member of his national leadership.
“So far there is no official information about your whereabouts or about the circumstances of your disappearance,” VP warned in his X account, while knowing where González, 73, and “respect for her physical and moral integrity.”
In this context, he said that “persecution” continues to “climb” against those who “fight for a free Venezuela” with opposition leaders Edmundo González Urrutia, currently in exile, and Machado, in hiding.
🚨 #Alert Elizabeth Rodríguez and Juan Torres were kidnapped by regime officials, last Wednesday, #10Sepwhen they were going to work in Valera, Trujillo state.
Since then, its whereabouts and physical integrity are unknown.
Elizabeth is hypertensive and … pic.twitter.com/jVHCZPq0YP
– DDHH LIENTE Venezuela (@Ventddhh) September 13, 2025
Increase of arbitrarily detained people
Last August, the Venezuelan NGO Prova denounced that in the country there has been an “increase in cases of arbitrarily detained persons” and “subject to long periods of incommunication”, without relatives, lawyers and organizations knowing their “whereabouts or imprisonment conditions.”
Prova also demanded that the authorities “determine responsibilities” for “these abusive, arbitrary and disproportionate practices”, in order to “impose exemplary sanctions and apply real public policies that lead to avoiding their repetition.”
According to the Criminal Forum Organization, in Venezuela there are 823 political prisoners, despite the fact that the government denies that in the country there are detained for these reasons and ensures that they committed crimes.
