The spokeswoman of the State Department, Natalia Molano, confirmed that there are American diplomats working in the case of man arrested since December.
USA publicly claimed the release of Nahuel Gallothe Argentine gendarme detained in Venezuela for more than seven months. Through its spokeswoman in Spanish, the State Department requested a coordinated action of the international community to raise the pressure on the regime of Nicolás Maduro and achieve the liberation of Gallo and other prisoner foreign citizens.
“The priority is that all foreign detainees be released as soon as possible,” he said Natalia Molanospokesman for the State Department, in statements to the Latin American chain DNews. As he explained, although initially the focus was placed in American citizens, diplomatic management is also expanding cases such as the Argentine.
Molano warned that The United States has no official diplomatic presence in Venezuelaso the efforts are carried out from Colombia and with the support of other allied governments, including Argentina. “Our diplomats are working hard and we have our partners to collaborate on everything we can,” he said.
The spokeswoman also mentioned the general context of political repression That, according to Washington, Venezuela is going through. In addition to demanding the release of foreigners, the US government claims the release of Venezuelan political prisonersafter what he defined as “fraudulent elections” in that country.
The Nahuel Gallo case
The Argentine gendarme was arrested December 8, 2024 When crossing the Francisco de Paula Santander International Bridgefrom Colombia to Venezuela. He traveled to reunite with his Venezuelan partner and his little son, who were based there.
He December 27the Venezuelan Public Ministry announced a judicial process against him, accusing him of alleged links with “terrorist activities.” Since then, Gallo’s family has no information about his current statusand diplomatic efforts have not made concrete advances.
At 233 days of its arrest, international pressure appears as the main resource to try to achieve its release.
Source: Ambito
