Génesis Gabriela Pabón Paredes, 27, and Rocío Del Mar Rodríguez Guillen, 24, of Mérida, Venezuela, were each sentenced to 10 years in prison for printing a T-shirt with an image of a demonstrator destroying a statue of Hugo Chávez, the deceased socialist president responsible for Venezuela's economic and democratic collapse. The Argentinian news site Infobae first reported the story.
The incident occurred about a month after the two women launched their small T-shirt printing business. Pabón, who holds a technical degree in radiology, and Rodríguez, who studied business administration, received what seemed like a routine order via WhatsApp to make a T-shirt featuring the image.
