politics
январь 13, 2026
FORO PENAL: SOLO 42 PRESOS POLÍTICOS EXCARCELADOS TRAS EL ANUNCIO
FORO PENAL: SOLO 42 PRESOS POLÍTICOS EXCARCELADOS TRAS EL ANUNCIO | Por la Mañana con Carlos Acosta El anuncio de excarcelaciones hecho por Jorge Rodríguez volvió a poner el foco en la situación de los presos políticos en Venezuela. Sin embargo, los datos verificados por el Foro Penal muestran una brecha clara entre el […]
TL;DR
- Foro Penal data contradicts official Venezuelan government claims of political prisoner releases.
- Only 42 out of over 800 politically detained individuals have been confirmed released, far fewer than announced.
- Alfredo Romero of Foro Penal criticizes the regime's lack of transparency, including mixing past release figures.
- All released individuals are subject to restrictive measures and ongoing judicial processes.
- Foro Penal states that the total release of political prisoners is a prerequisite for any talk of reconciliation or transition.
The announcement of releases made by Jorge Rodríguez once again focused attention on the situation of political prisoners in Venezuela. However, data verified by Foro Penal show a clear gap between official discourse and reality: out of more than 800 people detained for political reasons, only 42 have been confirmed as released after the announcement, far from the figures disseminated by the regime.
In an interview with Por la Mañana en América, Alfredo Romero, director of Foro Penal, warns that the lack of transparency is deliberate. The Chavista regime does not publish names, mixes figures from past releases, and avoids specifying how many of those released are actually political prisoners, a practice that has already been repeated in previous processes.
Romero emphasizes that none of these releases imply full freedom: all those released have restrictive measures, open judicial processes, and the risk of being imprisoned again. Furthermore, even if the official figures were accepted, the reduction would not reach even 10 % of the total political prisoners, which rules out any real impact.
For Foro Penal, the liberation total of the political prisoners is not a symbolic gesture nor a “first step”, but an indispensable condition for talking about reconciliation, reunification or transition. As long as the repressive system remains intact, warns Romero, the threat of prison for political reasons continues to be in force in Venezuela.