Ramón Guanipa, son of political prisoner Juan Pablo Guanipa, stated over the past hour that rumors circulated of his father's release from El Rodeo I prison but no official call was received, with the regime 'playing' with the family, according to an NTN24 interview published between 3:45 a.m. and 4:45 a.m. UTC on January 10, 2026. Relatives of political prisoners initiated a vigil in front of El Rodeo I prison during the same 59-minute period, as regime forces refuse to release detainees, per an X post by OrlvndoA citing on-site reports. Ramón Guanipa said, 'His release was rumored, but we did not receive the official call; they played with us,' in the NTN24 report at https://www.ntn24.com/noticias-actualidad/se-rumoraba-su-liberacion-pero-no-recibimos-el-llamado-oficial-jugaron-con-nosotros-ramon-guanipa-hijo-del-preso-politico-juan-pablo-guanipa-600032, shared via https://x.com/NTN24/status/2009801592174747682. These developments follow the Venezuelan regime's detention of a Telemundo team near the U.S. Embassy in Caracas on January 9 and reports of heavy gunfire in the Las Mercedes area, as detailed in prior coverage from the preceding reporting window.
