The National Guard sergeants linked to Quote case of 2019 announced an indefinite hunger strike this Monday, November 9, at the National Center for Military Processing in Green Bouquet. They denounce that They remain detained despite having served their sentence on October 24.
Military judge Luis Galaviz handed down the sentence on June 23, 2023, which was carried out on October 24 of this year. However, the sergeants denounce that the magistrate Maikel Moreno ordered to annul the military trial to transfer the case to a court with jurisdiction over terrorismaccording to a statement received by The National.
The detainees affirm that the Judge Carlos Enrique Liendo Acosta He presided over a hearing under duress in which his right to defense was violated. The military said that they will maintain the protest until officials from the Program for Democratic Coexistence and Peace go to the prison.
“They have already served their sentence, their sentence. So now they want to charge him with terrorism.. At the time they tried him, they did not put that crime on him, but they want to put it on him now, after they have already served their sentence,” he said. Kely Rico Arrietasister of political prisoner Jorge Rico Arrieta.
Kely Rico expressed that the military hopes that their rights are respected and that they are granted their release ticket. In an interview with The National He said that he has not seen his brother for four years, and his mother was able to visit him for the last time in May of this year. In addition, the former official has a daughter who he has not seen since she was one year old.
The woman reported that in Ramo Verde they have not provided health care to her brother: “He suffers from asthma, respiratory problems; he had paralysis before they arrested him and needs medical attention.”
The military held the man responsible for his life and physical integrity. Major General Luis Ojeda Araujogeneral director of military penitentiary centers, and to Lieutenant Commander Josefa Araquelegal defender of Dispemil.
The list of 21 soldiers on hunger strike It is made up of Geomer Narciso Martínez Natera, Andrés Paredes Soler, Carlos Rivero, Heverd Glod Vasquez, Hugo Carrillo Santana, Jhelie Hernández Palma, José González Ospedales, Jorge Enrique Rico Arrieta, Kelvin Charles Ramirez, Luis Alberto Peña Arteaga, Luis Alfredo Lobo Medina, Luis Alfredo Milanés Chirinos, Luis Gerardo Oviedo Piña, Neomar Salcedo, Roberto Catalino Romero Pérez, Ronaldo Jesús Romero Aguinagalde, Wolfgang González Carrasc, Yeicer Montero Mujica, Yofre Castro Alviarez, Edgar Díaz Vivenes and Gabriel Chirinos.
