Nicolas Maduro regime releases journalist accused of ‘terrorism’

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Caracas. A journalist was detained Venezuela, The president of the Nicolás Maduro regime was released on Monday under a periodic reporting regime and a ban on leaving the country after being accused of “terrorism” and “incitement to hatred,” the Press Union reported.

Carmela LongoThe 59-year-old, who specializes in the entertainment industry, was arrested by national police on Sunday amid a post-election crisis facing Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro as his re-election is called into question. His home was searched and his computers seized.

“They released journalist Carmela Longo. She appeared at a telematic hearing on the morning of August 26 and was accused of terrorism and incitement to hatred, the National Union of Journalists (SNTP) reported on the X social network.

“He is prohibited from leaving the country, is under a statement regime and is banned from testifying and writing about his case,” added SNTP, which had previously reported on a search of his house in Caracas.

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SNTP released a video of the arrest in which Longo and his son can be seen entering the police vehicle without resistance.

Longo’s birthday falls on Monday, and this is the seventh arrest of a journalist or editor recorded by SNTP since the July 28 election, when electoral authorities declared Maduro the winner amid opposition allegations of fraud.

The union also documented the arrest of two other journalists working on political activism.

Longo was arrested shortly after the newspaper reported on August 20 that he had been fired Latest NewsChavista Route, where he worked for nearly two decades. Before it was sold in 2013, it was a media outlet critical of the government.

The SNTP also condemned the dismissal of dozens of state media workers for their pro-opposition interactions on social networks.