The son of the Venezuelan opposition leader Juan Pablo Guanipa confirmed this Tuesday, February 10, that his father is under house arrest in the city of Maracaibo. The information comes after the political adversary of the regime now headed by Delcy Rodríguez revoked his release, as part of the releases of people considered political prisoners, and recaptured him last Sunday, just hours after being released from prison.

First modification: 02/10/2026 - 18:04

"My father is still unjustly imprisoned, because a prison is still a prison and we demand his full freedom and that of all political prisoners," said the leader's son in a message published in X.

However, he expressed that they are relieved because the family "will be together soon."

Likewise, he thanked the US Government "for its work in favor of the freedom of Venezuela and all political prisoners."

Earlier, the opponent's son had demanded proof of life and the immediate release of the leader, after spending more than 24 hours without knowing his whereabouts after his new arrest.

Guanipa, a former deputy and close collaborator of the opposition leader and Nobel Prize winner, María Corina Machado, was released from prison on Sunday after being detained since May of last year.

After his release from prison, in statements to the press, Guanipa advocated reconciliation in Venezuela, but "with the truth," and that Venezuela "has the right to be a free country."

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However, during the night it was reported that he was detained by "unidentified men" who intercepted his vehicle, despite the fact that, his son stated, the precautionary measures imposed in his case only included a ban on leaving the country and appearing in court every 30 days.

Vente Venezuela (VV), Machado's party, said on Monday that the former deputy was in a command of the Bolivarian National Police in Caracas, but the opposition's son declared that he had "no official information about his whereabouts" and denounced that the subjects who took the former deputy did not have a uniform or were identified.

The NGO Foro Penal, which leads the legal defense of political prisoners in Venezuela, reported on Monday that it has verified 426 releases since the release process was announced on January 8.

For his part, the Minister of the Interior and Justice, Diosdado Cabello, assured that the Government has released 897 people since December, without the authorities having published an official list of releases.

This occurs in the middle of the public consultation process of the amnesty bill, promoted by the Government in charge and approved in the first discussion by Parliament, which must submit it to a second debate for it to be sanctioned as law.

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