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The Guardian - US
The Guardian - US
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Joe Parkin Daniels

Venezuelans despair at smears, stigmatization and arbitrary arrests

Venezuelan security forces investigate after an assassination attempt against President Nicolás Maduro in August 2018. Supposed links to the incident have been used as a pretext for arbitrary arrest.
Venezuelan security forces investigate after an assassination attempt against President Nicolás Maduro in August 2018. Supposed links to the incident have been used as a pretext for arbitrary arrest. Photograph: Miguel Gutiérrez/EPA

Juan Carlos Marrufo Capozzi, an electrician and former soldier from Valencia, Venezuela, and his wife María Auxiliadora Delgado Tabosky, were at home when agents from the South American country’s military intelligence unit barged in.

Soldiers with rifles sifted through their paperwork and hard drives, before taking the couple away, leaving Marrufo’s distraught teenage daughter from a previous marriage behind. That was in March 2019, and they haven’t tasted freedom since.

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