Persecuted Inside and Outside Venezuela: the Opponent Who Fled the Helicoid and Now Faces Deportation From the United States

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On the streets of Lima, Venezuelan opponent Villca Fernández met at least three times with those who had been his jailers in the Helicoid prison. On one of those occasions he had to jump off public transport to flee. Fear did not end with the banishment that Chavismo condemned in 2018. After years in prison, he was released on the condition of leaving Venezuela and leaving his family behind. Nor did he end up in Peru. After nearly four years in …