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The government of Nicolás Maduro today ordered the release of Deputy Juan Requesens, one of the main political prisoners of Chavismo, after two years in the sinister dungeons of Helicoide. "The regime gave my brother a measure from home to jail. Juan is with our family!" Confirmed the university leader Rafaela Requesens.

The deputy of the centrist Primero Justicia (PJ) was detained illegally and unconstitutionally, without evidence or warrant, a few days after the alleged drone attack against the "son of Chávez", despite having parliamentary immunity. The leader, one of the most courageous of the new generations and called to lead the democratic opposition in the future, starred in a premonitory speech in Parliament before his arrest, which ultimately led to jail: "Today I can speak from here, tomorrow I don't know. Many are underground because they were killed, because you killed them, Nicolás. "

Already in the Helicoide dungeon, of the Bolivarian Intelligence Service (Sebin), Requesens was drugged by the agents so that he could record a video of himself as an accomplice in the attack. His family believes that it was with burundanga, a drug known because under its hallucinogenic effects the will of its victims is taken away. Half-naked and under the obvious effects of drugs, the regime tried to make fun of the young politician but achieved just the opposite: Requesens has remained firm during his two years in jail, even becoming an important support for the rest of the political prisoners who have lived with him.

Requesens, a 31-year-old Culé fan , whose family, of Spanish origin, comes from Mataró. "Spain congratulates itself on the release of Juan Requesens and continues to advocate for a negotiated political solution to the crisis by holding elections. This solution must include the full release of all political prisoners and respect for the human rights of Venezuelans." , the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Spain congratulated.

In a video uploaded to his Instagram account, former presidential candidate Henrique Capriles made the country aware of Requesens' reunion with his parents and his sister, who have not stopped fighting for a single day for his release. The Embassy of Spain has also maintained its support for the family during these 752 days.

Hardened in university classrooms and on the street, Requesens never avoided facing government forces, who attacked him on various occasions. But at the same time, he was able to move his followers with his words, always vehement. He led the students at the Central University of Venezuela (UCV), the main one in the country, and was elected as a deputy in 2015 by the state of Táchira, bordering Colombia.

"Juan Requesens should never have been in prison. He spent 752 days kidnapped by a criminal regime. He is innocent. We are glad that he is at home and with his family. Our most heartfelt embrace and words of solidarity, brother. Strength, Juan," he wrote in his Miguel Pizarro networks, partner of political struggles in PJ.

"This shows that he is innocent and that the regime lied," added deputy José Guerra, also from his party.

In the political lie in Caracas it is believed that this is the first of several releases, including that some of the political prisoners who take to the streets would compete in the fraudulent parliamentary elections mounted by the Bolivarian regime for March.

According to the Penal Forum, almost 400 political prisoners remain in Chavez's prisons .

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