Repudiation of the visit of Nicolás Maduro grows: Venezuelans in Argentina who accuse him of crimes against humanity request his investigation

A group of Venezuelans residing in Argentina took advantage of the confirmation that the president of Venezuela,

, will travel to Buenos Aires for the CELAC summit to file a complaint for violation of human rights and

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"One of my clients was detained at his residence without a warrant by agents of the Bolivarian National Intelligence Service (Sebin); who, after stealing numerous property belonging to him, threatened him with firearms and beat him repeatedly so that he would give the names of his co-workers", says the letter of the lawyer who made the judicial presentation.

It is one of the several stories of his clients that the lawyer included in the request. 

"He was transferred to a detention center where he remained incommunicado, without the right to a lawyer and without knowing why he had been detained. He was brutally interrogated by Carlos Calderón, Sebin Director Commissioner, who ordered the exercise of violence and torture against him." , added the lawyer, who assured that he keeps the names of his defendants confidential for

Venezuelans in Argentina ask that the Argentine Justice investigate Nicolás Maduro.

Photo Juano Tesone

Not only does he remark that the detention conditions "constituted another form of torture," but he also remarked about another defendant that "police officers fired at him repeatedly; he was shot in the back and head with pellets."

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if the documents provided are considered and all that resulting from the report issued on September 27, 2019 by the independent international Mission designated by the United Nations Human Rights Council," said lawyer Tomás Farini Duggan.

The third and most recent report of that Mission was categorical when it came to identifying the patterns of conduct in the methods of torture used by officials of the General Directorate of Military Counterintelligence (DGCIM), both by men and women, against detainees.

According to that document, the pattern is as follows:

physical violence:

• Strong blows with bats and sharp objects;

• Electric shocks in sensitive parts of the body;

• Choking with toxic substances and water;

• Cuts and mutilations, including on the soles of the feet and under the nails;

• Excessively tight handcuffs;

• Stress positions known as “the octopus” and “crucifixions”;

• Use of a device called "Miss" to lift and deform bodies and lower them into water tanks.

Sexual and gender violence:

• Rape with objects;

• Rape threats;

• Forced nudity, including during acts of torture;

• Blows directed at the genitals;

• Electric shocks to the genitals;

Conditions of detention:

• Food and water deprivation;

• Eating off the ground;

• Constant lighting or constant darkness;

• Extreme heat or cold;

• Lack of access to toilets;

• Denial of medical treatment;

• Force-feeding of feces and vomit.

Psychological violence and others:

• Threats of death and rape towards the victim and her relatives;

• Simulation or actual torture of other detainees;

• Prolonged periods of isolation and solitary confinement;

• Administration of drugs allegedly to obtain confessions;

• Threats with live animals, even dogs.

Farini Duggan recalled the law that allows the Argentine Justice to investigate foreigners: "Law 26,200 establishes that Argentine courts may exercise jurisdiction over foreign citizens who commit crimes abroad, provided that this is established in international treaties and conventions of which Argentina is a part".

"On behalf of and on behalf of the victims of intolerable crimes against humanity who have had the courage to appear in this process -claiming the role of plaintiffs-, the urgent investigative statement of Nicolás Maduro Moros is requested, which must be carried out on the day January 24, 2023, when he arrives in our country," highlights the lawyer for the Venezuelans.

Controversial visits to Argentina by Presidents Daniel Ortega (Nicaragua), Nicolás Maduro (Venezuela), Miguel Díaz-Canel (Cuba) Photo EFE/Adalberto Roque

Patricia Bullrich calls for Maduro to be arrested "like Pinochet in London"

In the midst of the repudiation and questioning of a large part of the opposition arch to the visit to the country of Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro to participate in CELAC, the president of the PRO, Patricia Bullrich, demanded that the Justice detain him if he "comes to the Argentina" for "having committed crimes against humanity".

"If Nicolás Maduro comes to Argentina, he must be immediately arrested for having committed crimes against humanity," Bullrich posted on Twitter.

And he specified: "Just as it happened with Pinochet in London, in 1998. Justice must act to protect the universal validity of human rights."

Bullrich had already spoken out when Maduro's visit was a possibility.

"We want an Argentina free of dictators! Let's all say NO to the "visit" of autocratic presidents. Our country is NOT an enduring place," he wrote Tuesday on the same social network.

Bullrich's arrest request against Maduro was one more step amid the strong repudiation of political leaders, academics and human rights leaders against the presence in the country of the Venezuelan leader and also the Cuban Miguel Díaz Canel and the Nicaraguan leader Daniel Ortega .

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