List of 152 soldiers detained in Venezuela accused of treason

Venezuelan military prisons are overcrowded for the large number of officers and military personnel who are being prosecuted or investigated for suspicion or for signs of non-support from the government of Nicolás Maduro; 152 are signs of conspiracy and blamed for crimes such as betrayal of the fatherland, instigation to rebellion or against military decor. In this list, we do not include those who stay in a house in prison or with precautionary measures. Hundreds of soldiers are also not detained for common crimes.

But let's see who are these 152 military prisoners because they do not agree with the current Venezuelan political modelEduardo Caldera, a retired aviation general, is updating his remarks in this report because, as he himself says, "this list is very dynamic and likely to change for many reasons, but the main objective is to inform the national and international community that there are military political prisoners in our country ".

The main military prison of Venezuela It is the Ramo Verde military treatment center in the state of Miranda, a few kilometers from Caracas. At this moment, they have almost a month without water; the toilets are rotten and the prison director says that they can not buy water by tank as they do not have money. Family members must bring prepared food.

There are two prisons with military annexes: that of La Pica in Maturín and that of the West Penitentiary Center (CPO) Cárcel de Santa Ana, as well as detainees at the General Directorate of Military Counterintelligence (DGCIM) , the Bolivarian Intelligence Service (SEBIN). and the Fort Tiuna Military Police.

There are 71 prisoners of this strength: a general-in-chief, a major general, 8 colonels, 10 lieutenant-colonels, 2 majors, 3 captains, 14 first lieutenants, 8 lieutenants, 24 sergeants and a second corporal.

Of the largest component of the Bolivarian National Armed Forces (FANB), there are detainees a general-in-chief, Raúl Isaías Baduel, which is the highest degree of the armed institution. He was arrested on 03/04/2009, then arrested again on January 12, 2017, and then transferred to the grave of the Bolivarian Intelligence Service (Sebin), as the cells housed in the central building of the agency say. .

There is also the Major General (EJ) Miguel Rodríguez Torresarrested on March 13, 2018; participated in the coup d'etat led by Hugo Chávez on 4 February 1992, while Chavez's government was at the head of SEBIN and with Nicolás Maduro, the Minister of the Interior and Justice .

7 colonels of the army arrested: José Gregorio Delgado Vásquez (La Pica Prison, Maturín), Rafael Antonio Benaham Couthino, Ricardo Zomacal Luongo (arrested on 03/03/17), Ramón Velasco García (arrested on 20/09/18 for the drone case the 04/08/18 in the parade of the National Guard), Jose Manuel Carrillo Venera, Waldemar Briceño Garcia, Jonni Mejias Laya (arrested on 31/01/19).

10 lieutenant colonels: Ovidio Carrasco (Chief of Communications of the Honorary Guard of the Presidency of the Republic, arrested on 02/11/19), Carlos Urbina Velásquez (Operation Armagedón), Henry José Medina Gutiérrez (arrested on 03/02/18 ), Durvis Enrique Meleán Vargas, Deivis Mota Marrero (held since 02/03/18), Víctor Eduardo Soto Méndez, Igbert José Marín Chaparro, Juan Carlos Peña Palmentieri, Freddy Mogollón, Juan Carlos Ramos.

2 elderly people: Nehomar Castro Hidalgo, Carlos Alfonso Parra Perez.

3 captains: Anyelo Julio Heredia Gervacio, Pulido Gómez (arrested since 10/05/18), Jorge Enrique Pérez Castañeda.

14 first lieutenants: Iván Jesús Marín Martínez (arrested on 17/02/19 for allegedly attempting to create a sniper unit for the 25th Army Brigade), Luis Alejandro Mogollón Velásquez (arrested on 04/08 / 17, demoted administratively on 28/04/18, requires medical attention in case of seizures and kidney problems), Eliecer Vásquez Guillén (administratively degraded 03/02/18), Alexander Infante Silva, Jose Alejandro Moreno, Gabriel Jefferson García Dos Ramos (administratively degraded), Simón Torres Varela and Eduardo Pérez Amaya, Vladimir Ilich Aguilera (arrested on 10/01/2017), Alberto Alejandro Maita Espinoza, Gustavo Sandoval Quintero, Yeiber Ariza Apolinar, Oswaldo José Gutiérrez Guevara (arrested since on 06/08/17, case of the Paramacay fort), Méndez Chacón.

8 lieutenants: Rafael Jackson Hernandez, Luciano Enrique Torres Borges, Franklin Duran Parra, Jose Gabriel Parra Castillo, Luis Alberto Hernandez Medina, Asdel Chinevel Hernandez, Angel Bernal, Cintia Lopez.

2 senior sergeants: Christmas Ricardo Lugo, Jairo Eli Villegas Moreno.

4 sergeants seconds: Darwin Antonio Solís Benítez, Giulianny Espinoza Ramirez, Willy Daniel Solórzano Méndez, Andy Hinar Martinez Figueroa.

First 17 sergeants: Yecson Enrique Lozada, Rubén Augusto Bermuda Oviedo, Juan Francisco Díaz Castillo, Yoelvis José Villalobos Fernández, Javier Rafael Peña, Víctor Alejandro Sosa González, Balzán, Jesús Bermúdez Villegas, Nervis Rincón Redondo, Luis Manuel Tezara Flores, Williams José Saragay Arias, Kenny Jiménez Rodríguez, Jesús Tarazona, Franyer Argenis Meléndez,

Supervisory Sergeant Julio Cesar Gutiérrez.

Second Cabo Alberto Polo Díaz, imputed for rebellion, arrested on 08/06/2017.

There is a total of 22 naval officers, most were arrested in 2018 for denouncing a captain and an admiral. Two captains of the navy are detained, a corvette captain, 8 naval lieutenants, 11 lieutenant frigates and a second sergeant. They are:

2 captains of ship: Luis Humberto De La Sotta Quiroga, Javier José Díaz Ugas.

Lieutenant Commander Gustavo Macsotay Rauseo, imputed for instigating the rebellion of 23/05/18.

8 Navy lieutenants: Daniel Alejandro Labrador Lugo, Antonio Julio Scola Lugo, Gustavo Carrero Angarita, Anderson José Fernández Aguilar, Roberto Molina, José Luis Rodríguez Gómez, José Efraín Pinto Calderón, José Luis Noriega Manrique.

10 Fragata Lieutenants: Gregorio Ramón Zárraga, Jackson Eduardo Brown Uzcátegui, Lino José Pire Ramos, Erwin Tulio River Balza, Paul Enrique Machado Briceño, Noel Francisco Berroterán Camacho, Noel Adrián Arturo Díaz Dente, Alonzo José Rodríguez Small, Pedro José Jiménez, Pierre José

Second sergeant Jesús David Amaya Oliveras, accused at the instigation of the rebellion of 02/09/18, arrest at CENAPROMIL Ramo Verde.

This component of the Bolivarian National Armed Forces is in prison for conspiracy-related crimes: a major general, a colonel, 2 lieutenant-colonels, 4 majors, 3 captains, a first lieutenant and a lieutenant. They are:

Major General Oswaldo Hernández, sentenced to almost 9 years, has neck cancer, chemotherapy, radiotherapy and surgery. Blue Strike case.

Colonel Juan Pablo Saavedra Mejías, imputed for instigating the rebellion on 23/05/18.

2 colonel lieutenants: Ruperto Chiquinquirá, Sánchez Casares (Blue Strike case), Ruperto Molina Ramírez, imputed for instigating the rebellion.

4 elderly people: Leonardo De Gouveia, Víctor José Ascanio, César Orta Santamaría and Ricardo Efraín González Torres.

3 captains: Nery Cordova, Moreno, Andres Thompson Martinez, Jesús Enrique Salazar Moncada (sentenced to 10 years and sentenced for admission of the facts in a new trial to almost 5 years).

Lieutenant Luis Lugo, arrested on 02/11/15, gone to the allowance on 10/11/18, arrested again on 14/10/18, serving a sentence of almost five years.

Lieutenant Peter Moreno, arrested on 02/12/15, left to the advantage on 10/11/18, arrested again the same day, serving his sentence to almost 5 years.

Bolivarian National Guard

C & # 39; the most active general component in prison, Five in total, in addition to 3 colonels, a lieutenant-colonel, two majors, 4 captains, 2 lieutenants, a sergeant major, 3 sergeant-major of the third, 7 sergeants first and 18 sergeants second.

2 divisional generals: Pedro Naranjo Suárez, Alejandro Pérez Gámez (case of drones).

3 brigade generals: Nelson Morantes Guitian, Héctor Hernández Da Costa, Edward Castellanos Jauregui (case of drones).

3 colonels: Juan Francisco Rodríguez Dos Ramos (he was badigned to the Ministry of Defense during his arrest in late March 2019), Pedro Javier Zambrano Hernández (arrested on 08/12/18, the drone case), Oswaldo García Palomo.

Lieutenant Colonel José de Jesús Gámez Bustamante, arrested on 21/01/15, charged with terrorism and badociation to commit a crime, sentenced, is in critical conditions of malnutrition.

2 elderly people: Abraham Américo Suarez Ramos (arrested for instigating the rebellion on 28/05/18) was tortured, attempted suicide and was removed from the hospital without medical order and was again detained in custody. DGCIM), retired Major Raúl Roberto Castillo Gallardo (decree 15/12/18).

4 captains: Juan Carlos Nieto Quintero (date of arrest of 22/04/2009, Golpe Azul), Carlos Luis Jiménez Alfonzo (arrested on 23/11/15), Jesús María Camacho Alarcón, Juan Carlos Caguaripano Scott (arrested on 30 / 07/2017), administratively degraded on 03/02/18, was the head of the Fort Paramacay case).

2 lieutenants: Paul Machado (sentenced to almost 5 years in prison for publicly breaking the country's map and instigated rebellion and the lack of military decorum), Pedro Márquez (accused of instigating rebellion since 28/05/18).

Sergeant Major Gabriel Jesus Barros Romero, imputed by instigation to the rebellion.

3 third sergeant-major: Luis Alexander Bandres Figueroa (arrested on 22/01/19 for military rebellion in the National Guard unit in Cotiza, Caracas), accompanied by Martínez Natera, Castro Álvarez.

First 7 sergeants: for the case of rebellion in Cotiza: Piñango Salas, Rico Arrieta, Milanes Chirinos, Camacaro Gonzalez, Gonzalez Rivero, Jose Blanco Yonander Rondon, Erick Javier Gonzalez Azuaje.

18 seconds of sergeant: Some of the cases of rebellion in Cotiza: González Carrasco, Romero Aguinagalde, Romero Pérez, Pérez Soler, Hernández Palma, Montero Mujica, Lobo Medina, Oviedo Piña, Luis Chirinos, Salcedo Méndez, Glok Vásquez Charly Ramlyrez, Peamenta Santana, González Hospedales , Gregory Ojeda Alonso, Javier Rafael Quintana Peña, Jesus Eduardo Araque (arrested on 21/02/17, second trial of the Maracay military accident court, charged for instigating rebellion, outraging sentinels).

This total of 46 soldiers from the National Guard, 13 from the military aviation, 22 from the Navy and 71 from the Armyis the best demonstration of what is happening in Venezuela with the military institution. Never before in the history of Venezuelan democracy have so many soldiers been arrested for political reasons, many of them having been subjected to brutal physical and psychological tortures, as well as to the fact that they have been arrested. abuse and brutal threats to their families.