- Name: Carlos German Debáis Garcia
- Position: Photographer
- Deprived of liberty since: November 12th, 2021
- Judgment: Provisional freedom
- Country: Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela
- Place of confinement: Rodeo II
- Health condition: Severe health conditions
- Torture complaint: Inhumane prison conditions
The Venezuelan photographer, Carlos Debiais, has been detained since November 12, 2021, for flying a drone near the Amuay refinery, in Falcón state. He is detained in Rodeo II, despite having a release ticket since April 2022.
Carlos lived in Colombia with his wife and son. He studied photography there. He returned home, in Punto Fijo, Falcón state, to renew his passport, after working with his father in the Bahamas. Both are fusel oil employees.
While in Venezuela, he took the opportunity to expand his photographic portfolio. On November 12, 2021, he went to Amuay Bay to fly the drone and take some photos of the sunset.
Officials of the Bolivarian National Guard detained Carlos, alerted by two employees of the Amuay Refinery, who made the complaint when they saw the drone. But the troops did not find anything irregular. However, DGCIM officials accused Carlos of committing a “terrorist act”.
Prosecution convinced Debáis and his family to plead guilty and he was given provisional freedom. Even with the order of excarcelación of the court Debáis has not been set free.
The photographer has inflammation in the face and slags in the scalp due his state of depression. His family assure that he does not receive medical attention.
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Name: Isabel Benjumea
Position: Member of the European Parliament
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Isabel Benjumea Benjumea is a Spanish businesswoman and politician from the Popular Party (PP).
Benjumea graduated in Law and International Relations from the Universidad Pontificia Comillas (ICADE).
She was a fellow in the international relations department of the FAES foundation. Benjumea, a member of the Popular Party (PP), became part of the cabinet of President Pablo Casado in 2019 as deputy chief. Since July 2019 she has been an MEP after being included as a candidate at number 10 on the PP list ahead of the elections in the European Parliament in May 2019 in Spain. She is Vice President of the Regional Development Commission, member of the Committee on Economic and Monetary Affairs and of the Delegation to the EU-Ukraine Parliamentary Association Committee and of the Delegation to the Euronest Parliamentary Assembly.
Isabel Benjumea is the promoter and director of the conservative think-tank known as Red Floridablanca (an entity that defines itself as “liberal-conservative”), which was highly critical of the PP’s political line drawn by Mariano Rajoy.
