The Venezuelan Prosecutor's Office reported this Monday that it has revoked the release of opposition leader Juan Pablo Guanipa, whose arrest, a few hours after leaving prison, had been denounced by other opponents and that he will be transferred to a "house arrest" regime.

First modification: 02/09/2026 - 12:04

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The Prosecutor's Office assured that it requested before a court to revoke "the precautionary measure (release) granted to citizen Juan Pablo Guanipa" for, supposedly, "having verified non-compliance with the conditions" imposed by the judicial authorities.

In a statement, the Venezuelan Public Ministry warned that "the precautionary measures agreed upon by the courts are conditional on strict compliance with the imposed obligations" and stressed that it has requested that Guanipa move "to a regime of house arrest."

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Venezuela's opposition leader and 2025 Nobel Peace Prize winner, María Corina Machado, had denounced at midnight on Monday that "heavily armed men" had taken Guanipa, who had been released from prison hours before, after being detained since May 2025.

"Heavily armed men, dressed in civilian clothes, arrived in 4 vehicles, and violently took him away. We demand his immediate release," Machado said on his X account.

For his part, the son of opponent Ramón Guanipa had indicated that a group of "approximately 10 unidentified people" intercepted and "kidnapped" his father.

Guanipa had been released from prison on Sunday afternoon along with another group of opponents close to Machado. After this, the opponent led, along with other political activists, a caravan of motorcycles and cars that went to several prisons to support the relatives of political prisoners and ask for their release.

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