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Alfredo Romero, executive director of Foro Penal before the CIDH. Washington, August 6, 2026

Alfredo Romero, Director President of Foro Penal before the Inter-American Court of Human Rights (IACHR), stated that repressive apparatuses, including intelligence agencies like DGCIM or SEBIN, continue to operate in Venezuela, albeit with reduced intensity.

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

linked by topic terms: foro penal

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

Intelligence agencies like DGCIM or SEBIN continue to operate in Venezuela with reduced intensity.

Foro Penal updated its balance on political prisoners.

382 political prisoners are held in facilities including Judicial Rodeo I, CENAPROPEMIL (Ramo Verde), and CEPROPREMIL.

AI-assisted synthesis anchored to a real VeraVadis-analyzed source. Cleared by VeraVadis's automated editorial gates on 2026-08-07 — not reviewed by a human editor. Archive piece: published under our earlier method. It does not carry the per-claim evidence chain — who reported it first and who is echoing whom — that our current pieces carry. The source link and the date are the original ones.