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OVP Number 60 Prisoners Killed Between April and August 2026

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On Wednesday, August 26, the Venezuelan Observatory of Prisons (OVP) denounced the death of Carlos Eduardo Padilla, who was being held in the Detention Center for Judicial Processes July 26, in the state of Guárico; a case that leaves at 60 the number of prisoners who died in different Venezuelan prisons between April and August, all due to alleged medical pathologies not treated in time by State agencies. According to the organization, Padilla …

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On Wednesday, August 26, the Venezuelan Observatory of Prisons (OVP) denounced the death of Carlos Eduardo Padilla, who was being held in the Detention Center for Judicial Processes July 26, in the state of Guárico; a case that leaves at 60 the number of prisoners who died in different Venezuelan prisons between April and August, all due to alleged medical pathologies not treated in time by State agencies. According to the organization, Padilla …

The Venezuelan Observatory of Prisons (OVP) denounced this Friday that between 2011 and 2026 it has registered 24 "masacres" in prisons of the South American country in which 397 people have died and 600 others were injured. "Of the 397 dead, 369 were deprived of their liberty, 22 visitors, 2 prison guards, 3 officials of the Ministry for the [...] The entry OVP denounces 24 "masacres" in Venezuelan prisons that leave 397 deaths between 2011 and…

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15 years after the promise to "humanize" Venezuelan prisons, the OVP documents 397 deaths and 24 massacres under total state impunity. The entry OVP denounces 397 deaths in 24 15-year prison massacres of the Ministry of Corrections #28Ago was first published in El Impulso.

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(EFE).- The NGO Observatorio Venezolano de Prisiones (OVP) denounced this Friday that between 2011 and 2026 it has recorded 24 massacres in prisons of the South American country in which 397 people have died and another 600 were injured. «Of the 397 dead, 369 were deprived of their liberty, 22 visitors, 2 prison guards, 3 officials of the Ministry [...] The entry OVP denounces 24 massacres in Venezuelan prisons that leave 397 deaths between 2011…

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The NGO Observatorio Venezolano de Prisiones (OVP) reported this Friday that between 2011 and 2026 it has recorded 24 massacres in prisons in the South American country in which 397 people have died and 600 others were injured."Of the 397 dead, 369 were deprived of their liberty, 22 visitors, 2 prison guards, 3 officials of the Ministry for the Prison Service and one was effective of the Bolivarian National Guard (GNB, militarized police)," the …

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The NGO in human rights demanded that the relevant agencies investigate each of the deaths in a transparent manner. The post-OPP raised the number of prisoners killed between April and August to 60 when first on THE NATIONAL.

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Efecto Cocuyo broke the news on Thursday, August 27, 2026.
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