Together with the Czech Republic, prisoners from Albania, Germany, Ireland, the Netherlands, Romania and Ukraine were also released.
Venezuela released the Czech, who was detained by the authorities along with four other Americans and two Spaniards in September 2024. Jan Darmovzal was sent to prison with the claim that he was going to participate in a plan to kill President Nicolás Maduro and overthrow the government there. TASR informs about it based on the reports of AFP and Czech Radio.
“After several weeks of intensive negotiations, we managed to secure Mr. Darmovzal’s release from the Venezuelan prison,” Czech Foreign Minister Petr Macinka announced at a press conference.
Reactions of Czech representatives
Czech President Petr Pavel also called it great news. “His case was dealt with for many months by many experts in the Czech Republic and foreign partners, whom we continuously contacted, including the USA and the EU, but also others,” the head of state wrote on the social network.
Together with the Czech Republic, prisoners from Albania, Germany, Ireland, the Netherlands, Romania and Ukraine were also released. The Czech government sent a plane to Venezuela with a doctor and a psychologist on board.
Detention without evidence
According to Czech diplomacy, Darmovzala’s accusations had no real basis. With a similar pretext, the Venezuelan authorities also detained other foreign citizens.
According to Minister Macinka, the situation changed after the American operation in Venezuela, during which they captured Nicolás Maduro and his wife and took them to the USA, where they will stand trial in New York. The Venezuelan government subsequently began releasing a larger number of political prisoners.
