Jorge Rodríguez, president of Venezuela's National Assembly and brother of acting dictator Delcy Rodríguez, announced Thursday that the regime will be releasing a "number of important Venezuelan people and foreigners" as a "gesture" to keep "the peace."
While Jorge Rodríguez didn't provide a list of who would be set free, the human rights lawyer Rocío San Miguel has already been released, according to her family. San Miguel, whose arrest last February drew public outcry, was detained in Caracas' main airport along with five relatives. Venezuelan Attorney General Tarek William Saab accused her of plotting to assassinate dictator Nicolás Maduro and other officials. She was subsequently held at the notorious El Helicoide prison on charges of treason, conspiracy, and terrorism, and denied access to her lawyer or family for months.
