De acuerdo con dicha investigación, varios exfuncionarios de la Dirección General de Contrainteligencia Militar (DGCIM) confirmaron que «agentes del Estado cubano han instruido, asesorado y participado en actividades de inteligencia y contrainteligencia con la DGCIM«. Texto Completo-> AlbertoNews

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“We must ensure that those who have committed crimes against humanity are prosecuted,” he told a virtual event Thursday hosted by the Washington-based Atlantic Council. ” … “It is very important that justice be served and that awareness be raised about these crimes.” Last week, the U.N.’s top human rights body, of which Venezuela is a member, released a report that concluded that security forces linked to Mr. Maduro conducted arbitrary killings, torture and sexual violence since 2014.By Lauren Toms . Full Text ->The Washington Times

These Dantean scenarios happened in Venezuela and were included in a report released last week by the United Nations’ top human rights body. The detailed accounts of torture in clandestine detention centers read like dispatches from the darkest days of right-wing military dictatorships in South America during the 1970s. But they happened to people suspected of plotting against the “socialist” regime of Nicolás Maduro. By: Francisco Toro. Full Text -> WinnipegFreePress.

The United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC) has condemned the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela for crimes against humanity. In the report released by the UNHRC this week, Venezuela was criticized for serious human rights violations including extrajudicial killings, disappearances, unlawful detentions, and acts of torture. Full Text -> The Organization for World Peace

« To the members of the Armed Forces, they cannot ignore what this report confirms (…) they are sustaining today a criminal who has used them to murder, to torture (…) they are crimes that do not prescribe and you you know, « said the opponent in a speech that was broadcast on his social media accounts. Full Text-> Explica

 United Nations investigators said on Wednesday that President Nicolás Maduro of Venezuela and other high-ranking officials ordered or contributed to arbitrary killings, torture and sexual violence carried out by state security services and called for criminal investigations to determine the extent of their involvement. By Nick Cumming-Bruce. Full Text-> TheNewYorkTimes

While recognising the nature of the crisis and tensions in the country, and the responsibilities of the State to maintain public order, the Mission found the Government, State agents, and groups working with them had committed egregious violations. It identified patterns of violations and crimes that were highly coordinated pursuant to State policies, and part of a widespread and systematic course of conduct, thus amounting to crimes against humanity. Full Text-> OHCHR

As further elaborated below, the Mission has reasonable grounds to believe that most of the violations and crimes documented in this report were committed as part of a widespread and systematic attack directed against a civilian population, with knowledge of the attack, pursuant to or in furtherance of a State policy. In relation to these crimes, the Mission has reasonable grounds to believe that crimes against humanity were committed in Venezuela in the period under review. Full Document -> OHCHR

Venezuela asked the prosecutor of the International Criminal Court on Thursday to investigate U.S. officials for what it called crimes against humanity resulting from sanctions imposed by Washington, Foreign Minister Jorge Arreaza said.By Anthony Deutsch and Stephanie van den Berg. Full text-> Reuters