At least four people have been detained in Táchira during the last two weeks, according to the latest report from Foro Penal in the region. Among those detained are a man and three women whose arrests have been carried out in the Bolívar and Cárdenas municipality. Raquel Sánchez, coordinator of Foro Penal in the state, pointed out that these four arrests are those that have been documented by the organization during the last two weeks in Táchira. There is no record of new releases of Tachirans in recent days.
Detained
Among the detainees referred to by Foro Penal, we can mention Simón Vargas, former mayor of the Bolívar municipality, who was arrested on January 2. In this case, former governor Cesar Pérez Vivas would have assured that a group of armed men would have taken the leader from his residence.
After his arrest, a poster was disseminated disclosing the alleged crimes that Vargas is accused of: Terrorism, incitement to hatred, grouping, personal injuries and resistance to authority.
Another of the arrests registered by the NGO is that of two women, relatives of the former student leader Zuleika Meneses, who reported through her social networks that her aunt Miriam Gómez and her cousin Alaina Rangel, were taken from their home in Palo Gordo, Cárdenas municipality, by police officials.
According to Meneses, the uniformed officers entered his home “without a search warrant or an arrest warrant.”
Sánchez also reported another arrest in recent days. This is another woman in San Antonio, Bolívar municipality. To add a total of four citizens detained so far in 2025 in the region. (J.S.)
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