Students protest in Venezuela after deaths of political prisoner and his mother
Students blocked a highway and demanded answers after the government confirmed Víctor Hugo Quero died in custody.
- On Monday, May 18, 2026, Central University students in Caracas blocked a highway protesting the deaths of Carmen Navas and her son, Victor Hugo Quero, whose detention was considered politically motivated.
- Quero, a businessman, vanished on January 3, 2025, and remained missing until the Venezuelan government confirmed on May 7 that he had died in custody while hospitalized the previous year.
- Officials reported Quero died of "acute respiratory failure secondary to pulmonary thromboembolism," while Carmen Navas passed away Sunday, about 10 days after learning of her son's death in state custody.
- After the announcement, the United Nations expressed "grave concern" over the "enforced disappearance" and "subsequent death in custody," urging Venezuelan officials to initiate a prompt, effective, and independent investigation.
- Foro Penal estimates that more than 400 people are currently detained in Venezuela for political reasons, underscoring the broader pattern of state custody deaths surrounding Navas and Quero.
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Acting President of Venezuela determined an investigation into the death of Victor Hugo Quero Navas, which took place in State custody in 2025 and was confirmed only recently after months of complaints.
Caracas, 18 May (EFE).- Hundreds of university students from Venezuela mobilized this Monday in Caracas to demand justice for Carmen Teresa Navas, who died this Sunday, ten days after the government confirmed that her son and political prisoner Victor Quero Navas, whose whereabouts he sought for months, died last year in state custody. The students left the Central University of Venezuela (UCV), the country’s main university, and blocked for abo…
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Students protest in Venezuela after deaths of political prisoner and his mother
A few dozen people have demonstrated in Venezuela’s capital to remember a woman who died over the weekend. Her son died in state custody nine months ago.
Venezuelan students in Caracas protest death of late political prisoner’s mother
Central University of Venezuela students were marching on Monday in Caracas to protest a grieving mother’s death after months of demanding that the government disclose her son's whereabouts.
Several students and dissatisfied with the dictatorship in Venezuela clashed with the police in Caracas today May 18, 2026, due to the massive demonstrations demanding the release of political prisoners and after the death of an activist who was looking for her missing son.The case of Carmen Navas: the trigger for student demonstrations The mobilization occurred after the death of Carmen Navas, 82, who became a visible face for her constant publ…
The president in charge of Venezuela, Delcy Rodríguez, said on Monday that she ordered an investigation into the death of Victor Hugo Quero Navas, after her government confirmed that the detainee died almost a year ago, after several months of reports that he remained unaccounted for. Through a statement published by Prensa Prensa Presidencia en Telegram, the president indicated that she requested the cooperation of the Ombudsman’s Office and th…
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