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Maduro's son says he's still fighting to release his father after almost eight months in prison.

El diputado chavista Nicolás Maduro Guerra, hijo del depuesto presidente venezolano Nicolás Maduro, aseguró este martes que sigue luchando por la liberación de su padre y de la esposa de este, Cilia Flores, detenidos en Estados Unidos desde hace casi ocho meses, tras haber sido…

Tracked question

How many political prisoners are held, and is the trend improving? · Full question dossier →

linked by topic terms: liberacion

What would settle it: Foro Penal's monthly count falling for two consecutive months with named releases.

Evidence state: insufficientas of Sep 13, 2026changed from emerging → insufficientnot yet linked to a tracked event object in our corpus — no source count yet

Maduro Guerra says he is fighting for the release of his father and Cilia Flores, detained in the US for nearly eight months.

Photos of Maduro were published on social media, taken on June 25, a day after a double earthquake in Venezuela that killed at least 6,509 people.

Maduro and Flores were captured by US troops in Caracas on January 3.

Venezuela and the US resumed diplomatic relations two months after the capture.

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