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Venezuelan Women Conclude 64-Day Protest at Caracas Detention Center After Amnesty Fails to Yield Prisoner Releases
Two women led a 64-day protest outside a Caracas police station demanding the release of their detained husbands following Venezuela's amnesty measure. Despite the government's actions after Nicolás Maduro's deposition, hundreds remain held on political grounds. The protesters dismantled their tent city but continue seeking their loved ones' freedom.
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Dozens of Venezuelan women ended a 64-day protest outside a police station in Caracas where their husbands and loved ones were detained, after an amnesty measure failed to result in the expected releases. Nelcy Escorcia held a sign reading 'Thinking differently isn’t a crime; isolating and torturing them is' during the protest outside a detention center in Caracas on Thursday, February 12, 2026.
Her husband, Franklin Parra, is being held on political grounds at the facility.
The demonstration drew as many as 30 participants, mostly wives and mothers, who camped out to pressure the government. The tent city outside the police station was taken down, and the women went home. The two main wives featured in the coverage are still trying to find ways to free their husbands.
@AP reported that the protest tested the participants' health and resolve. Regina Garcia Cano reported and wrote a story for The Associated Press about two women protesting the Venezuelan government over their husbands' detentions. Garcia Cano, along with video journalist Juan Arraez and photographer Ariana Cubillos, shadowed the women and others during the 64-day protest outside the police station in Caracas.
Juan Arraez interviewed many women protesting outside detention facilities and slept a few times at the camp where Mendoza and Rosales lived. The women, including Mendoza and Rosales, are the first Venezuelans to challenge the ruling party in the post-Maduro era. U.S.
Military deposed then-President Nicolás Maduro in January 2026. U.S. citizens in its prisons following the deposition. Five days after Maduro was captured, the government announced it would release a significant number of prisoners.
