15-year-old boy arrested for protesting in Barinas released

Authorities released this Friday the teenager Edicson, 15, who was arrested during a protest in the state of Barinas and who suffered facial paralysis during his confinement.

The NGO Foro Penal reported on its social networks about the release of Edicson. It recalled that the teenager was “arbitrarily detained in Barinas on August 2 as a result of the post-election protests.”

Lucía Quintero Ramírez, coordinator of the Criminal Forum in Barinas, accompanied Edicson during his presentation to court. She pointed out that the young man received a precautionary measure of presentation every eight days in the criminal circuit of the entity.

She also posted a video of Edicson and his mother, Yanire Jaimes, leaving the courts. “He is free, thank God. He is stable (in health): “He needs to go to the physiatrist and needs treatment.”he said.

EDICSON CASE

Edicson was arrested in the early hours of August 2 during a protest “in the post-election context”The teenager was transferred this Saturday to the Barinas Men’s Care Center, where his health problem was detected.

The guards at this detention center noticed that Edicson had suffered facial paralysisIt is presumed that the illness began during his stay at detachment 331, located in the Ciudad Tacare complex of the plains entity.

||With information from Caraota Digital