Venezuelan lawyers Alfredo Romero (L) and Gonzalo Himiob, president and vice president of the Foro Penal NGO, deliver a press conference in Caracas on November 14, 2024. Human rights activists denounced Thursday that Venezuela is experiencing a “repressive crisis” marked by the highest number of “political prisoners” in the continent, following the reelection of President Nicolas Maduro for a third term amid allegations of fraud. (Credit: AFP)
A Venezuelan opposition activist who was arrested during a post-election crackdown died Thursday in custody, his party said.
Jesus Martinez, 36, died in a hospital in the eastern city of Barcelona from a heart problem associated with complications from type II diabetes.
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