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CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) — Venezuela’s leading prisoner rights organization said Monday that dozens of prisoners were released over the weekend, as the United States continues to pressure the acting government to free hundreds of dissidents jailed during the administration of ousted leader Nicolás Maduro.
Alfredo Romero, president of Foro Penal, said in a post on X Monday that 266 “political prisoners” had been freed since Jan. 8, when Venezuela’s acting government promised to release a “significant number” of prisoners in what it described as an effort to promote national reconciliation. At least 100 of these prisoners were released over the past two days, according to figures published by the group.
Maduro was captured by the United States in a raid on Jan. 3, and was replaced by Vice President Delcy Rodríguez, a longtime ruling party insider, who is now the nation’s acting president.
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