Venezuela Confirms Prisoner's Death, After Mother's Long Search
- Venezuela's prisons ministry acknowledged on Thursday the death of political prisoner Victor Hugo Quero Navas, nearly a year after he died in a Caracas military hospital.
- Officials confirmed Quero died July 24, 2025, of "acute respiratory failure secondary to pulmonary thromboembolism" after being hospitalized ten days earlier with gastrointestinal bleeding.
- Following months of searching, Carmen Navas was led by authorities on Thursday to a Caracas cemetery grave marked with her son's name.
- The director of NGO Foro Penal called the government's delay "outrageous," while Venezuela's new ombudswoman, Eglee Gonzalez, urged an investigation into Quero's death.
- Arrested in January 2025 on terrorism charges under Nicolas Maduro, Quero remained in custody despite an amnesty program promoted by interim president Delcy Rodriguez.
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