More Abuses from SEBIN, Maduro’s Repressive Police

A year ago, sound engineer Pablo Estrada Izaguirre was detained and imprisoned by the SEBIN, the Bolivarian Intelligence Service. Since his arrest, he has been in a jail known as “La Tumba”  (the Coffin), located in Caracas, leaving behind his girlfriend and newborn baby. In this jail, horrific acts of human rights violations are committed daily against the prisoners, who are mostly activists thrown in tiny cells in extremely cold temperatures and deprived of sun for many months.

The sad part of Pablo Estrada Izaguirre’s story is that, according to his lawyer, he has never engaged in political activities. This 37-year old man was detained in an arbitrary and oppressive manner by the Maduro regime last year, in reaction to the student protests against the regime that had spread throughout the country. The protests were due to the lack of security that exists in the country, in addition to high unemployment and long lines to purchase basic products.

Izaguirre suffers a very serious illness. Before his arrest, he was being treated for disseminated tuberculosis, “a contagious bacterial infection in which the tuberculosis bacteria spread from the lungs to other parts of the body through the blood. “

Pablo Estrada Izaguirre requires treatment and according with his lawyer the SEBIN has no access to this type of medical care, nor is it allowing doctors to provide related medical services to this man.

Pablo's condition continues to deteriorate without any hope for his release in sight. Once again, the Maduro regime will have blood on its hands if something happens to Pablo.