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Prisoners face double tragedy after earthquakes

Prisoners in Venezuela face a double tragedy after the June 24 earthquakes, as authorities respond with repression and opacity to their demands for attention.

Andreína Baduel, spokesperson for Clippve, denounced violent crackdowns at El Rodeo I prison on July 5-6 by GRIC, including pepper spray, beatings, and threats with firearms.

Prisoners were left in cells during the earthquakes, with no evacuation protocol for nearly an hour; they were then kept in patios until early morning.

A person posing as an engineer reportedly said he had no choice but to declare the prison structure habitable, despite concerns.

At Ramo Verde, prisoners were evacuated to a camp in the courtyard after structural damage, but a new directive threatened to transfer them if they did not return to their cells.

AI-assisted synthesis anchored to a real VeraVadis-analyzed source. Reviewed and approved by a human editor on 2026-08-12. 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.