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International Business Times
International Business Times
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Barbara AGELVIS and Patrick FORT

Venezuela To Free 225 Detained In Post-election Unrest: Source

The release of the dozens of detainees was announced by the Foro Penal legal aid NGO (Credit: AFP)

Venezuelan authorities will free 225 people this weekend who were detained in protests against the disputed reelection of President Nicolas Maduro in July, a source in the prosecutor's office told AFP Saturday.

The release began early Saturday at four prisons in central Venezuela, the source said, a day after prosecutors opened a large-scale review of their cases.

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