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A teacher was detained and tortured by the Bolivarian National Police, in the town of Tinaco, Cojedes State, 245 kilometers southwest of Caracas, for protesting the lack of gas in the country, the Venezuelan press advanced this Wednesday.
The arrest took place on August 29, but it is only now known, after the woman, Denis Ávila, told the judge of a court “how they beat her, burned her with cigarettes and locked her in a cell full of excrement”, The portal explains. Whistle.
“Denis Ávila was arrested after spending a week in a fuel line. A police commission prevented him from pouring gasoline at a Tinaco service station. He was detained, beaten and physically and psychologically mistreated before being presented in court, ”he explains. .
At the center of the discord was an alleged claim for the suspension of the supply of fuel to the population, while the police maintained a parallel, preferential line, even for private vehicles, where refueling was allowed, although there was no correspondence between the latter. license plate number and day of the week established in the official gasoline access calendar.
“In an instant the people who denounced were ambushed by police agents. There was never any intention to block the road or protest, they only wanted answers,” explains El Pitazo, saying that some people were beaten on the spot by alleged agents of the security forces. security.
Once in prison, the police officers allegedly unsuccessfully tried to force the victim to be photographed in a setting showing domestic explosive devices, tires and bottles. When she resisted, the teacher was thrown against a “glass” that was broken, while the policemen shouted “here we command, you are detained.”
In the judicial hearing, the date of which was not revealed by the portal, the Public Ministry accused the teacher of the crimes of obstruction of the public highway, disorderly conduct and insults to a public official.
Before reading the sentence, the judge gave the floor to Denis Ávila, who, in the courtroom, recounted in detail the mistreatment to which she was subjected after the arrest and showed the physical signs of burns on her buttocks and breasts. and weapons, which were not in the police file.
The judge granted him total freedom and ordered the Public Ministry to initiate an investigation into the torture carried out.
Despite waiting for justice for her case, the victim says she fears possible reprisals from the police officers denounced, since she went from being accused to being an accuser.
In Venezuela, complaints from the population about difficulties in obtaining fuel have been more and more frequent in Venezuela for several months.
On June 1, the Venezuelan government set the price of fuel in US dollars for the first time, with subsidies for some basic sectors.
On October 10, several deputies of the Venezuelan opposition denounced an increase in the repression of the security forces against the population, particularly in protests over fuel shortages.
According to the Venezuelan Observatory of Social Conflicts (OVCS), 1,193 protests took place in the country last September, the highest number recorded in a month throughout 2020.
Also according to the OVCS, 90% of the protests were to condemn the collapse of basic services in the country, to demand labor rights, health and food, some of which began in complaints about the lack of fuel in the country.
In September, according to the OVCS, 74 demonstrations were repressed, obstructed or prevented, in 19 of the 24 states of the country.
One person died, 233 were arrested and 52 were injured in the protests.
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