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21 Political Prisoners Are in Enforced Disappearance: Seven Are Women

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The forced disappearance in Venezuela ceased to be an isolated event and to become a sustained practice of political persecution and violation of human rights. On Thursday, May 7, 2026, authorities reported the death of Victor Hugo Quero, in July 2025, despite the fact that his mother, Carmen Teresa Navas, had been looking for him since January 1, 2025. Victor Hugo was never able to communicate with his mother. Despite having come to all the aut…

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By CNN en Español About 10 months had to pass since the death of Victor Hugo Quero Navas, arrested for political reasons in Venezuela, so that his mother could confirm that the son she was looking for was no longer alive. Víctor Quero, 50, was detained since January 3, 2025 at Rodeo I Prison, in the custody of the Venezuelan State. On May 7, this year, the Ministry of People's Power for the Prison Service confirmed his death by a statement. He d…

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The forced disappearance in Venezuela ceased to be an isolated event and to become a sustained practice of political persecution and violation of human rights. On Thursday, May 7, 2026, authorities reported the death of Victor Hugo Quero, in July 2025, despite the fact that his mother, Carmen Teresa Navas, had been looking for him since January 1, 2025. Victor Hugo was never able to communicate with his mother. Despite having come to all the aut…

This death raises to 20 the number of political prisoners who have died in custody since 2014. The Catholic Church demands accountability for the death of the political prisoner and opponent Victor Hugo Quero Navas

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The Catholic Church of Venezuela demanded that the criminal responsibilities for the death of the political prisoner and opponent Victor Hugo Quero Navas be cleared in 2025, recognized this week by the Government of Caracas. In a statement released on Sunday, Mother's Day, the Venezuelan Episcopal Conference (CEV) manifested "deep consternation and sadness" for the death of Quero Navas, recognized only after months of search by the mother, Carme…

·Funchal, Portugal
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(EFE).- The Venezuelan Episcopal Conference (CEV) this Sunday expressed its "deep consternation and pain" over the death in custody of Victor Quero Navas last year, recognized this week by the government after months of searching by his mother, and demanded to determine the criminal and administrative responsibilities. In a statement issued on Mother's Day, the Catholic organization urged the Public Prosecutor's Office (MP, Public Prosecutor's O…

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Diario La Verdad broke the news on Saturday, May 9, 2026.
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