VP party holds Maduro regime responsible for death of Edwin Santos who had been picked up by security officials
Last modified on Fri 25 Oct 2024 23.57 CESTA major Venezuelan opposition party has said that one of its activists was murdered this week after being detained by security officials in the western state of Apure.
Edwin Santos “was murdered after being abducted by members of the state security forces” on Wednesday, Voluntad Popular party said, blaming the iron-fisted regime of the leftwing president,VP said Santos was found dead on Friday morning on a bridge that had been a focus of his advocacy, after going missing on Wednesday afternoon while traveling in the rural El Pinal district.
“Witnesses in the region confirmed that he was intercepted by state security agents,” the party said in a statement. It added that it had confirmed on Thursday he was in custody at the headquarters of Venezuela’s military counter-intelligence agency in Guasdualito, a city close to the Colombian border.“During the past few months he had fought for his community, denouncing the collapse of the bridge that links Apure with Tachira,” VP said, adding: “It was on that bridge that he was found dead this morning.”
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