During the execution of the Gran Cacique Guaicaipuro operation that managed to take control over the Tocorón penitentiary center, the human rights of those deprived of liberty were respected, through the installation of a multidisciplinary team to care for them, the minister reported. of interior, justice and peace, A/J Remigio Ceballos Ichaso.
"In this operation we have had the utmost respect for the rights of those deprived of their liberty and of the inhabitants of areas adjacent to the prison," said Ceballos.
Likewise, he highlighted that a new phase of this operation will now begin, which consists of identifying each of the prisoners who were in this facility and, in addition, finding those responsible for the criminal acts. that were carried out from this prison.
"We are in a transition process, in accordance with the law, of identifying these people with fingerprints in order to transfer them to a new penitentiary centre under the regime," he said.
He also explained that upon entering the prison, the authorities detected a tunnel system through which they planned to carry out the mass escape of inmates. "Just as we did in La Planta, El Rodeo, La Cota 905, the State will not rest in capturing those people who break the law and are involved in the criminal acts that were committed here," he stressed.
In this sense, he assured that with these actions the National Government advances in its plan to guarantee the security and tranquility of the Venezuelan people, in addition to achieving a penitentiary system in accordance with international standards.
