This article was originally posted by Latin American Tribune
While on Venezuela’s streets thousands of people fall victim to criminals, who act under the cloak of impunity and, now, censorship, it is becoming increasingly frequent for the prisons to take in fresh political prisoners.
There are already dozens of people doing time in prison simply for dissenting, one way or another, from Hugo Chávez’s Castro-communist regime, including some who militated with the commander in favor of the revolutionary cause, others who refused to give up their rights, and others who witnessed the President’s sobbing and moaning.
The excuses used to send them to prison are mixed, from alleged administrative corruption to the alleged commission of murder, despite the lack of any proof implicating them, to imaginary conspiracies to commit an assassination and treason.