- Name: Luis Alexander Bandres Figueroa
- Position: Third Sergeant Major of the National Guard
- Deprived of liberty from: January 21, 2019
- Judgment: 15 years and 9 months of imprisonment
- Country: Venezuela
- Place of confinement: Common prison of La Pica
- Health condition: Severe health conditions
- Torture complaint: Subject to torture and inhumane prison conditions
The third sergeant major of the National Guard (GNB) Luis Bandres was arrested on January 21, 2019 in the Mounted Squadron Command, in Caracas, Venezuela. He was arrested after leading a group of soldiers who rebelled against the regime of Nicolas Maduro, when trying to assault a National Guard commando located in Cotiza, Caracas.
He and his companions were taken to the headquarters of the General Directorate of Military Counterintelligence (DGCIM), where according to international reports, it was found that he was heavily tortured in the facilities of the DGCIM Boleíta.
Sergeant Bandres was charged in court with the alleged crimes of treason, incitement to rebellion, riot, disobedience, theft of effects belonging to the National Armed Forces and outrage on the Armed Forces. In March 2020, as leader of the movement, he was sentenced to 15 years and 9 months in prison and transferred to the common prison of La Pica. While the other soldiers received 7 years and 9 months in prison.
In 2022 Bandres declared a hunger strike and requested the visit of international organizations present in the country, so that they could verify the situation of the military political prisoners who are in the Penitentiary Center of the East, also known as La Pica, in the state of Monagas.
Sponsors
Name : Dionisio Garcia Carnero
Position: Former Senator of the Spanish Parliament
Observations
Garcia is a Spanish politician of the Spanish “Popular Party”. He was a Senator of the Popular Group for Zamora in V to VIII and IX to XII legislatures. Spokesperson for the Committee on Ibero-American Affairs 2016-2019, a member of the Committee on Foreign Affairs 2016-2019, of the Commission for International Development Cooperation 2016-2019 and a member of the Housing Commission.
He made a presentation of Study on the role of Spanish companies in Latin America. Constituted within the Commission on Ibero-American Affairs.
He has also been a Member of the Committee on Labor and Social Affairs, a Member of the Special Commission to eradicate racism and xenophobia, of Spanish sport. Member of the Joint Committee of the Committee on Health and Consumer Affairs and the Committee on Labour and Social Affairs. Deputy Mayor of the City of Benavente, Zamora (1987-1993). Vice President of the Provincial Council of Zamora (1987-1993).
