Human rights advocate Tamara Suju reported on December 22 that approximately 200 political prisoners, transferred less than a month ago, remain held in “El Cajón”, a basement white torture cell at Tocuyito prison, according to her X post published over the past 59 minutes ending at 3:46 p.m. UTC. New detainees face beatings with fists and sticks, kicks in so-called “reception combos,” trampling on their heads and bodies while on the ground, and exposure to the sun for several hours without water or food before transfer to “El Cajón” at night, the post at https://x.com/TAMARA_SUJU/status/2003118285571719305 states. The largest cell measures approximately 10 meters long by 5 or 6 meters wide, with distribution into smaller cells. The prisoners are accused of political crimes and terrorism. The @caslainstitute demands publication of the full list of political prisoners at the facility, as stated in the post. This report emerges amid earlier announcements on December 22 of Venezuelan military distribution of rifles to civilians in Caracas working-class neighborhoods for defense against potential foreign invasion, according to Visegrád 24.
