The UN fact-finding mission identified 118 Venezuelan officials who form an organization that attacks citizens persecuted by the government Venezuela. The United Nations organization released this information due to the crimes of Violation of human rights and against humanity does not prescribe.
In the first broadcast of the show “Sebastiana without secrets” Broadcast on the YouTube channel “Until Tyranny Falls” Last Sunday, the case of 12 key soldiers mentioned in the reports of this mission was presented.
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According to the UN, who are the main torturers of the Maduro regime?
Alexander Enrique Granko Arteaga
This is the Bolivarian National Guard (GNB) Lieutenant Colonel, promoted by Nicolas Maduro. Granko is head of the Special Affairs Directorate (DAE) of the General Directorate of Military Counterintelligence (DGCIM). Several victims reported him for torture in Venezuela.
For the kidnapping and torture of Lieutenant Commander Rafael Ramón Acosta Arévalo, he was sanctioned by the OAF (United States Office of Foreign Assets Control), the European Union and the TIAR (Inter-American Treaty of Reciprocal Assistance). The victim died on June 29, 2019.
According to the United Nations, Alexander Enrique Granko Arteaga is one of the torturers of the Maduro regime. Photo: UN
Antonio José Benavides Torres
He is a Major General of the GNB, who previously held the position of Commander General of this institution and is currently a deputy of the United Socialist Party of Venezuela (PSUV) in the National Assembly.
It has been subject to international sanctions, including measures imposed by the European Union on January 12, 2018 and by the United States Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) on March 9, 2015, as well as additional sanctions from Canada, Panama and the USA Great Britain.
Antonio José Benavides Torres violated the human rights of several prisoners in Venezuela. Photo: UN
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Abel Reinaldo Angola Garcia
The ship's lieutenant in question occupies a prominent position within the DGCIM as chief inspector. Although he does not occupy the highest rank, his case is significant because he was identified by the victims as a participant in acts of torture within the DGCIM, which classifies him as a symbolic element among the identified persons.
Their involvement is clear in various reports. These include those prepared by the United Nations Independent International Fact-Finding Mission on Venezuela. A concrete example is Case No. 13, which relates to ship captain Luis Humberto De La Sotta Quiroga, who was detained for five years in conditions that violated his human rights, with lack of due process and with physical and mental torture. psychologically.
Abel Reinaldo Angola García is accused of being a torturer in Venezuela. Photo: UN
Other names from the list of Maduro regime torturers identified by the UN can be found below:
- Carlos Enrique Teran Hurtado
- Carlos Luis Sanchez Vargas
- Carmen Teresa Melendez Rivas
- Diosdado Cabello Rondon (current deputy of National Assembly)
- Edward Ojeda Sojo
- Eduardo Serrano Diaz
- Fabio Enrique Zavarce Pabon
- Franklin Horacio Garcia Duque
- Gustavo Enrique González López
The Republic Dialogue with the political scientist Alonso Cardenas on the list of torturers identified by the United Nations and the position of the international community on the serious situation of political prisoners in Venezuela.
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– The UN identified regime torturers. What impact does the revelation of the names have in Venezuela and abroad?
“I don’t think these revelations should have much impact. The Maduro regime has been around for many years, as has Chavismo, and a number of very serious human rights violations have been documented, and yet there have been no major sanctions against the perpetrators of these human rights violations led by Nicolás Maduro. In such a complicated context at the international level, given what is happening in Gaza, the war in Ukraine and other very dramatic conflicts such as the one in Sudan, I believe that these situations of human rights violations could fade into the background.
—What is the current position of the international community on repression in Venezuela?
—The international human rights system is being severely questioned because there appears to be a double standard. Things are said about Russia, but equally serious or even more serious events occurring in Gaza are not condemned with the same severity. The international community is at a crossroads because it is clearly accused of double standards.
“This double standard can also impact Nicolás Maduro’s widely documented human rights violations.” The international community is going through a very difficult time. The United Nations criticizes the Maduro regime, but does not provoke a major international movement.
—What is the situation of political prisoners in Venezuela?
—The situation of political prisoners in Venezuela is dramatic, but it has been going on for many years. Human rights violations have been very well documented in this latest United Nations report. The underlying problem is the double standards that have been evident recently in the war in Ukraine, and I would not dare call it “war” in Gaza, but rather the massacre that is happening in Gaza.
—This also affects the credibility of the international human rights system. Political prisoners currently in Venezuela could also be harmed by this double standard.