Rapporteur Gloria de Mees warned of an increase in arrests and censorship of dissidents and demanded to visit the El Helicoide prison before the end of the year.
The Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR) warned that Political persecution in Venezuela increased in 2025As stated this Wednesday by the rapporteur for the Caribbean country, Glory of Meesbefore the Permanent Council of the Organization of American States (OAS).
The official demanded that Nicolás Maduro’s government access the prison of The Helicoiddenounced by international organizations as a torture center. “The persecution of dissident voices has intensified, which reveals a deepening of authoritarianism,” said De Mees during his speech.
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As he explained, the IACHR seeks to arrange a visit to El Helicoide before the end of the year, but Caracas repeatedly rejected the requests. The last time a mission from the organization entered Venezuela was in 2002. Later attempts, in 2017 and 2020, were also blocked by the government.
Increase in complaints and precautionary measures
In 2024, the Commission requested precautionary measures in 23 cases of alleged human rights violations. So far in 2025, the number has already reached 25. “Unfortunately the situation has not improved, but has deteriorated”said the rapporteur, in a presentation requested by the Argentine delegation.
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Although Caracas does not know the jurisdiction of the inter-American systemthe Court based in San José recalled that its sentences remain fully valid. De Mees concluded: “What is at stake is not only access to places of detention, it is the protection of the human rights of the Venezuelan people as a whole.”
A Uruguayan is arrested for alleged money laundering linked to Maduro’s children
The authorities of the FBI They arrested the Uruguayan citizen Irazmar Carbajalaccused of conspiring to carry out transfers without a license, within the framework of an investigation for alleged money laundering linked to the children of Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro.
According to reports from US media and international agencies, the investigation has been developing since 2019 and indicates that Carbajal and his partner Arick Komarczyk They would have created bank accounts in the United States to channel funds allegedly related to members of the Venezuelan regime.
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According to the accusation, those involved had agreed to transfer some US$100,000 under these operations, of which around US$25,000 would have actually entered the US financial system.
Carbajal was detained while traveling on a deportation flight from Dominican Republicwith scale in USA. Komarczyk, on the other hand, was formally indicted on September 25 in a Miami court on charges of money laundering and conspiracy, but has not yet been arrested, and authorities believe he is in Venezuela.
Source: Ambito
