- Name: General Héctor Armando Hernández Da Costa
- Position: Opposition activist
- Deprived of liberty from: The 18th of May 2018
- Judgment: 16 years of imprisonment
- Country: Venezuela
- Place of confinement: DGCIM
- Health condition: Severe health conditions
- Torture complaint: Subject to torture and inhumane prison conditions
Arrested on August 13, 2018 by the DGCIM, accused of the attempted assassination of Nicolás Maduro in the Drone case. Since August 13, 2018, he has been detained at the General Directorate of Military Counterintelligence DGCIM based in Boleíta. Until August 2018, he served as head of the National Anti-Drug Command of that component, but on the 13th of that month he was arrested inside his home without being shown a court order, without information as to why he was being detained.
The Working Group on Arbitrary Detention of the United Nations Organization (GTDA) requested his immediate release in 2020, recognizing his case as an arbitrary detention contrary to the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights.
Sponsors
Name : Juan Salafranca
Position: Member of the European Parliament (MEP)
Observations
Deputy Secretary General and Director of Foreign Policy, Political Advisor on the Delegations for Central America, the Andean Community, Mercosur, Mexico, Chile and Eurolat for the European Popular Party
