A United Nations fact-finding mission said Venezuela's "repressive state" remains largely intact following the removal of former President Nicolás Maduro by U.S. forces earlier this year, warning that the institutions responsible for human rights abuses continue to operate under the country's new leadership.
In a report presented to the U.N. Human Rights Council, investigators said the "institutional structures facilitating human rights violations have not been dismantled" since Maduro's ouster in early January. The mission documented 87 politically motivated detentions during the period after his removal and said senior military and government officials previously linked to crimes against humanity still hold positions of power.
