Caracas, Nov 16, 2024 (AFP) - Venezuela to free '225 prisoners' detained after election: prosecutors

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2024-11-16

Venezuelan authorities will release 225 prisoners this weekend who were detained during protests against the disputed reelection of President Nicolas Maduro in July, a source in the prosecutor's office told AFP Saturday. The release began in the early hours of Saturday at four prisons in the center of Venezuela, the source said, a day after prosecutors said they would review the cases of 225 detainees among the moree than 2,400 detained. ba-pgf/......

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