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Machado denounces that “the regime keeps 382 political prisoners”

María Corina Machado denounced that the Venezuelan regime holds 382 political prisoners, citing a Foro Penal report.

Tracked question

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

linked by topic terms: liberacion, political prisoners, presos politicos

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

Machado claims 382 political prisoners in Venezuela.

160 of the prisoners are military personnel.

The figures are based on a Foro Penal report.

Machado calls for their release as a national priority.

AI-assisted synthesis anchored to a real VeraVadis-analyzed source. Cleared by VeraVadis's automated editorial gates on 2026-08-15 — 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.