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José Ignacio Moreno Suárez, the lawyer who ended up as a political prisoner after representing a mining company facing the Venezuelan State

José Ignacio Moreno Suárez, a legal representative for the mining company Gold Reserve Inc., was detained by Venezuelan intelligence officials in June 2023 without an arrest warrant.

Tracked question

How many political prisoners are held, and is the trend improving? · Full question dossier →

linked by topic terms: preso politico

What would settle it: Foro Penal's monthly count falling for two consecutive months with named releases.

Evidence state: insufficientas of Sep 13, 2026changed from emerging → insufficientnot yet linked to a tracked event object in our corpus — no source count yet

José Ignacio Moreno Suárez was detained by DGCIM officials in June 2023.

The detention occurred without an arrest warrant, according to sources.

The case revolves around Gold Reserve's dispute with the Venezuelan state over mineral rights and international arbitration.

Moreno Suárez was subsequently charged with treason and conspiracy with a foreign government.

AI-assisted synthesis anchored to a real VeraVadis-analyzed source. Reviewed and approved by a human editor on 2026-07-27. Archive piece: published under our earlier method. It does not carry the per-claim evidence chain — who reported it first and who is echoing whom — that our current pieces carry. The source link and the date are the original ones.