{"id":21562,"date":"2024-02-13T12:07:34","date_gmt":"2024-02-13T17:07:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dplf.org\/en\/?p=21562"},"modified":"2026-02-23T16:21:46","modified_gmt":"2026-02-23T21:21:46","slug":"venezuela-civil-society-demands-the-immediate-release-of-venezuelan-human-rights-defender-rocio-san-miguel","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dplf.org\/en\/2024\/02\/13\/venezuela-civil-society-demands-the-immediate-release-of-venezuelan-human-rights-defender-rocio-san-miguel\/","title":{"rendered":"Civil Society Demands the Immediate Release of Venezuelan Human Rights Defender Rocio San Miguel"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>We, the undersigned civil society organizations and individuals, express in the strongest possible terms our rejection of the arbitrary detention and forced disappearance for more than 60 hours of human rights defender Roc\u00edo San Miguel, by agents of the Military Counterintelligence Directorate [DGCIM] and the Bolivarian Intelligence Service [SEBIN] of Venezuela. San Miguel, a lawyer who is president of the NGO \u201cControl Ciudadano\u201d and an expert in military and national security issues, was approached by DGCIM and SEBIN officials and detained at the Simon Bolivar International Airport near Caracas when she was about to travel on February 9, 2024 in the company of her daughter. Two days passed without her relatives, her lawyers, or society as a whole having any knowledge of her whereabouts, personal integrity or life, making her forced disappearance a public and notorious fact. At 5pm on February 11, the head of the Public Prosecutor&#8217;s Office, Tarek William Saab, acknowledged, through his X account, the detention of the human rights defender, stating she was under an arrest warrant for being allegedly linked to conspiracy plots. However, San Miguel\u2019s whereabouts and the security authority in charge of her detention are still unknown, nor has it been possible to verify her physical health and integrity.<\/p>\n<p>It must be emphasized that the refusal of State agents and authorities to provide information on the whereabouts, physical health, integrity, and life of human rights defender Roc\u00edo San Miguel, as well as the failure to provide information on the authority in charge of her custody, amounts to a forced disappearance. The systematic pattern of temporary forced disappearances in Venezuela has been documented by United Nations bodies and denounced before the Working Group on Enforced or Involuntary Disappearances. The practices of disappearance constitute a form of lack of protection before the law, which generates very serious individual and social repercussions, being considered cruel, inhuman and degrading treatment. In turn, it has been documented that disappearances in Venezuela place victims in extremely vulnerable and dangerous conditions in which they may be subject to torture to obtain statements against themselves. These amount to very serious human rights violations, contrary to the commitments of the State to comply with international standards and the Constitution of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela. This very serious act against Roc\u00edo San Miguel violates international provisions against forced disappearance, as well as the duty of States not to practice, permit or tolerate it.<\/p>\n<p>The human rights defender Roc\u00edo San Miguel is renowned for her work over more than a decade with Control Ciudadano to investigate, monitor, and evaluate security and national defense issues and the armed forces. She closely follows the commitments of the Venezuelan State with the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court, publishing reports that have been widely disseminated through social networks in the country and via international platforms. Her activities are public, including her active participation in high-level national and international forums and events on the topics of her expertise. Additionally, as Roc\u00edo San Miguel is a prominent university professor, her arbitrary detention violates academic freedom and the Inter-American Principles on Academic Freedom of the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights. Her credibility and expertise, especially in the military field, have made her the woman human rights defender subject to the most attacks, criminalization, persecution, and harassment by senior state officials and security agencies of the Venezuelan State. She has received threats against her life and integrity on several occasions along with her family, for which she is the beneficiary since January 2022 of precautionary (protective) measures issued by the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights.<\/p>\n<p>Contrary to the obligation of protection, for more than a decade, this human rights defender has been defamed and criminalized for alleged conspiracies that she has never been part of. President Nicol\u00e1s Maduro himself accused her of being involved in a coup attempt in 2014, and almost weekly she has been slandered, adding up to dozens of accusations from Deputy Diosdado Cabello on his national TV show \u201cCon el Mazo Dando.\u201d However, Roc\u00edo San Miguel has demonstrated for decades her unimpeachable commitment to human rights, promoting democratic actions, always within the framework of domestic legal norms and human rights standards. An example of this was her denunciation against political discrimination in Venezuela through the use of the Tasc\u00f3n List. San Miguel took this case to the Inter-American human rights system, obtaining a ruling from the Inter-American Court of Human Rights, thus setting a precedent of protection for dozens of people whose fundamental rights had been affected.<\/p>\n<p>The detention of Roc\u00edo San Miguel is part of the Venezuelan government&#8217;s policies of criminalization and persecution of the work of promotion and defense of human rights and the closure of civic space in Venezuela \u2013 policies based on the consideration of the role of social activists and human rights defenders as &#8220;internal enemies&#8221; and of alleging their participating in conspiracies and attempts of &#8220;assassinations.&#8221; It also constitutes an expression of the continuous violations of human rights occurring in Venezuela and the deepening of the pattern of arbitrary arrests, followed by incommunicado detention, as a mechanism to repress, intimidate and attempt to silence the voices of those who speak the truth about what is happening in Venezuela. Recently, similar accusations were made by the Public Prosecutor&#8217;s Office against journalist Sebastiana Barr\u00e1ez and human rights defender Tamara Suj\u00fa, without any evidence or consistent proof being presented.<\/p>\n<p>We want to publicly endorse attorney Roc\u00edo San Miguel\u2019s transparent work in the study, promotion and defense of the rights of the population to defense and national sovereignty. Nothing done by the NGO Control Ciudadano or by Roc\u00edo San Miguel as the organization\u2019s president constitutes a crime, since all her work and the results of the same are in plain view. This arbitrary deprivation of liberty of the lawyer and human rights defender Rocio San Miguel is added to that of Javier Tarazona who will soon complete 32 months in detention under very similar circumstances. This is a practice to which all human rights defenders in Venezuela are at risk, which should no longer be tolerated.<\/p>\n<p>By virtue of these considerations:<br \/>\n&#8211; We demand respect for the physical and psychological integrity of Roc\u00edo San Miguel and her entire family, and her immediate release.<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; We demand that the various bodies of the United Nations and the entire International Human Rights System, including the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, the Special Rapporteur on the situation of Human Rights Defenders and the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights, make firm statements advocating for the immediate release of Roc\u00edo San Miguel.<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; We urge the democratic governments and civic organizations of the world to denounce this unacceptable and grave conduct and to show solidarity for the immediate release of Roc\u00edo San Miguel.<\/p>\n<p>Signed,<\/p>\n<div class=\"rtejustify\"><strong><u>Organizations:\u00a0<\/u><\/strong><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>1. A.C. Mujeres de Frente<br \/>\n2. A.C. M\u00e9dicos Unidos de Venezuela<br \/>\n3. Acceso a la Justicia<br \/>\n4. Acci\u00f3n Zuliana por la Vida (Azul Positivo)<br \/>\n5. Activados Panam\u00e1<br \/>\n6. AD en resistencia<br \/>\n7. AlertaVenezuela<br \/>\n8. Alianza Nacional Constituyente Originaria (ANCO- Coordinaci\u00f3n Estado Sucre)<br \/>\n9. Alianza Venezolana Por la Salud<br \/>\n10. Amigos Trasplantados de Venezuela<br \/>\n11. Aqu\u00ed Cabemos Todos<br \/>\n12. Asociaci\u00f3n Civil Los Naguaritos<br \/>\n13. Asociaci\u00f3n Civil Mujeres en L\u00ednea<br \/>\n14. Asociaci\u00f3n Civil Saber es Poder &#8211; AsoSaber<br \/>\n15.\u00a0Asociaci\u00f3n Civil Venezolanos en C\u00f3rdoba Argentina<br \/>\n16.\u00a0Asociaci\u00f3n de Jubilados Corpoelec Lara<br \/>\n17.\u00a0Asociaci\u00f3n de Jubilados y Pensionados<br \/>\n18.\u00a0Asociaci\u00f3n de Profesores de la Universidad Central de Venezuela<br \/>\n19.\u00a0Asociaci\u00f3n de Venezolanos en El Salvador<br \/>\n20.\u00a0Asociaci\u00f3n Di\u00e1logo por Venezuela &#8211; Francia<br \/>\n21.\u00a0Asociaci\u00f3n Migrantes Venezolanos<br \/>\n22.\u00a0Asociaci\u00f3n Movimiento Vinotinto<br \/>\n23.\u00a0Asociaci\u00f3n Salto \u00c1ngel<br \/>\n24.\u00a0Asovedra<br \/>\n25.\u00a0Asovenquin<br \/>\n26.\u00a0Aula Abierta<br \/>\n27.\u00a0Avepr<br \/>\n28.\u00a0Caleidoscopio Humano<br \/>\n29.\u00a0CAMPO<br \/>\n30.\u00a0Canada Venezuela Democracy Forum<br \/>\n31.\u00a0C\u00e1tedra de Derechos Humanos de la Universidad Centroccidental Lisandro Alvarado<br \/>\n32.\u00a0Casa Venezuela<br \/>\n33.\u00a0CCCB &#8211; Consejo Consultivo de la Ciudad de Barquisimeto<br \/>\n34.\u00a0CCL SUCRE<br \/>\n35.\u00a0Centro de Acci\u00f3n y Defensa por los Derechos Humanos (CADEF)<br \/>\n36.\u00a0Centro de Animaci\u00f3n Juvenil<br \/>\n37.\u00a0Centro de Atenci\u00f3n Integral Psicopedag\u00f3gica Individual<br \/>\n38.\u00a0Centro de Derechos Humanos de la Universidad Cat\u00f3lica Andr\u00e9s Bello<br \/>\n39.\u00a0Centro Iberoamericano de Comunicaci\u00f3n, Pol\u00edtica y Gobierno<br \/>\n40.\u00a0Centro LGBTIQ+ de M\u00e9rida<br \/>\n41.\u00a0Centro para la Paz y Derechos Humanos de la Universidad Central de Venezuela<br \/>\n42.\u00a0Centro de formaci\u00f3n para la democracia<br \/>\n43.\u00a0CECODAP<br \/>\n44.\u00a0CEPAMB<br \/>\n45.\u00a0Ciudadan\u00eda Activa<br \/>\n46.\u00a0Civilis Derechos Humanos<br \/>\n47.\u00a0Clima21<br \/>\n48.\u00a0CNP Ciudad Guayana<br \/>\n49.\u00a0Coalici\u00f3n por Venezuela<br \/>\n50.\u00a0Coalici\u00f3n Sider\u00fargica 40<br \/>\n51.\u00a0Codevida<br \/>\n52.\u00a0Colegio de Profesores de la Enfermer\u00eda del Distrito Capital<br \/>\n53.\u00a0Comisi\u00f3n de DDHH de la Federaci\u00f3n Venezolana de Colegios de Abogados del estado Apure<br \/>\n54.\u00a0Comisi\u00f3n de la Mujer de la Universidad de Los Andes (ULA MUJER)<br \/>\n55.\u00a0Comisi\u00f3n Nacional de DDHH de la Federaci\u00f3n de Colegios de Abogados de Venezuela del estado T\u00e1chira<br \/>\n56.\u00a0Comisi\u00f3n Nacional de la Federaci\u00f3n del Colegio de Abogados de Venezuela en el estado Lara<br \/>\n57.\u00a0Comisi\u00f3n para los Derechos Humanos del Estado Zulia (Codhez)<br \/>\n58.\u00a0Comisi\u00f3n ULA Mujer<br \/>\n59.\u00a0Comit\u00e9 de DDHH Para la Defensa de Pensionados, Jubilados, Adultos Mayores y Personas con Discapacidad<br \/>\n60.\u00a0Comit\u00e9 para la defensa de los derechos humanos parroquia Coche<br \/>\n61.\u00a0Comit\u00e9 por la Libertad de los Luchadores Sociales &#8211; Gu\u00e1rico<br \/>\n62.\u00a0Confederaci\u00f3n Sordos de Venezuela (Consorven)<br \/>\n63.\u00a0Consejo Comunal Colinas de Santa Rosa<br \/>\n64.\u00a0Convite AC<br \/>\n65.\u00a0Corporaci\u00f3n Colonia Venezolana en Colombia<br \/>\n66.\u00a0Defensactiva<br \/>\n67.\u00a0Defiende Venezuela<br \/>\n68.\u00a0Di\u00e1logo Ciudadano Colombo Venezolano<br \/>\n69.\u00a0Due Process of Law Foundation<br \/>\n70.\u00a0Ecorenace &#8211; Ecuador<br \/>\n71.\u00a0EDEPA<br \/>\n72.\u00a0Encuentro ciudadano<br \/>\n73.\u00a0EPIKEIA Derechos Humanos<br \/>\n74.\u00a0Equalia<br \/>\n75.\u00a0EXCUBITUS Derechos humanos en Educaci\u00f3n<br \/>\n76.\u00a0Expresi\u00f3n Libre<br \/>\n77.\u00a0FAVL LARS<br \/>\n78.\u00a0Federaci\u00f3n de Asociaciones de Profesores Universitarios de Venezuela (FAPUV)<br \/>\n79.\u00a0Federaci\u00f3n Nacional de Sociedades de Padres y Representantes &#8211; FENASOPADRES<br \/>\n80.\u00a0Feminismoinc<br \/>\n81.\u00a0Formaci\u00f3n Venezuela<br \/>\n82.\u00a0Foro Argentino por la Democracia en la Regi\u00f3n<br \/>\n83.\u00a0Foro Penal<br \/>\n84.\u00a0Freedom for Venezuela Foundation<br \/>\n85.\u00a0FUNCOLVEN<br \/>\n86.\u00a0Fundaci\u00f3n Abrigando Esperanzas<br \/>\n87.\u00a0Fundaci\u00f3n Agua Sin Fronteras<br \/>\n88.\u00a0Fundaci\u00f3n Aguaclara<br \/>\n89.\u00a0Fundaci\u00f3n Blanca Nieve Sierra<br \/>\n90.\u00a0Fundaci\u00f3n Ciudadan\u00eda y Desarrollo<br \/>\n91.\u00a0Fundaci\u00f3n de los Derechos Humanos Anzo\u00e1tegui<br \/>\n92.\u00a0Fundaci\u00f3n Di\u00e1spora Venezolana (FUNDIASVE)<br \/>\n93.\u00a0Fundaci\u00f3n GRACE<br \/>\n94.\u00a0Fundaci\u00f3n Espacio Abierto<br \/>\n95.\u00a0Fundaci\u00f3n Espacio Humanitario para Personas con Discapacidad<br \/>\n96.\u00a0Fundaci\u00f3n Fraternidad Venezolana<br \/>\n97.\u00a0Fundaci\u00f3n Hacienda Panas<br \/>\n98.\u00a0Fundaci\u00f3n Iribarren Lucha<br \/>\n99.\u00a0Fundaci\u00f3n Mulier<br \/>\n100.Fundaci\u00f3n para la Prevenci\u00f3n de la Violencia Contra las Mujeres<br \/>\n101.Fundaci\u00f3n Patricio Aylwin<br \/>\n102.Fundaci\u00f3n Paz &amp; Reconciliaci\u00f3n &#8211; Pares<br \/>\n103.Fundaci\u00f3n Renaciendo Esperanzas<br \/>\n104.Fundaci\u00f3n Yo Te Apoyo<br \/>\n105.FundaRedes<br \/>\n106.Fundehullan<br \/>\n107.GdelP Regi\u00f3n Central<br \/>\n108.Gente Para Servir<br \/>\n109.GIEHC-Agua: Grupo Interdisciplinario Emergencia Humanitaria Compleja en Agua<br \/>\n110.Gobiernatec<br \/>\n111.Grupo Ad hoc de defensa de los derechos humanos de los venezolanos en Islandia<br \/>\n112.Hearts On Venezuela<br \/>\n113.Iniciativa de Inclusi\u00f3n Social A.C.<br \/>\n114.Instituto de Investigaciones Jur\u00eddicas de la Universidad Cat\u00f3lica Andr\u00e9s Bello<br \/>\n115.Instituto de Prensa y Libertad de Expresi\u00f3n (IPLEX)<br \/>\n116.IPV<br \/>\n117.JEP<br \/>\n118.Jubilados y pensionados personal admon UDO n\u00facleo de Nueva Esparta<br \/>\n119.Labo Ciudadano<br \/>\n120.MAPANI<br \/>\n121.M\u00e9dicos Unidos de Venezuela Cap\u00edtulo Amazonas<br \/>\n122.M\u00e9dicos Unidos de Venezuela Cap\u00edtulo Anzo\u00e1tegui<br \/>\n123.M\u00e9dicos Unidos de Venezuela Cap\u00edtulo Apure<br \/>\n124.M\u00e9dicos Unidos de Venezuela Cap\u00edtulo Barinas<br \/>\n125.M\u00e9dicos Unidos de Venezuela Cap\u00edtulo Carabobo<br \/>\n126.M\u00e9dicos Unidos de Venezuela Cap\u00edtulo Cojedes<br \/>\n127.M\u00e9dicos Unidos de Venezuela Cap\u00edtulo de Educaci\u00f3n y Divulgaci\u00f3n<br \/>\n128.M\u00e9dicos Unidos de Venezuela Cap\u00edtulo Delta Amacuro<br \/>\n129.M\u00e9dicos Unidos de Venezuela Cap\u00edtulo Falc\u00f3n<br \/>\n130.M\u00e9dicos Unidos de Venezuela Cap\u00edtulo Gu\u00e1rico<br \/>\n131.M\u00e9dicos Unidos de Venezuela Cap\u00edtulo Lara<br \/>\n132.M\u00e9dicos Unidos de Venezuela Cap\u00edtulo M\u00e9rida<br \/>\n133.M\u00e9dicos Unidos de Venezuela Cap\u00edtulo Miranda<br \/>\n134.M\u00e9dicos Unidos de Venezuela Cap\u00edtulo Monagas<br \/>\n135.M\u00e9dicos Unidos de Venezuela Cap\u00edtulo Nueva Esparta<br \/>\n136.M\u00e9dicos Unidos de Venezuela Cap\u00edtulo Portuguesa<br \/>\n137.M\u00e9dicos Unidos de Venezuela Cap\u00edtulo Puerto Cabello<br \/>\n138.M\u00e9dicos Unidos de Venezuela Cap\u00edtulo Sucre<br \/>\n139.M\u00e9dicos Unidos de Venezuela Cap\u00edtulo T\u00e1chira<br \/>\n140.M\u00e9dicos Unidos de Venezuela Cap\u00edtulo Trujillo<br \/>\n141.M\u00e9dicos Unidos de Venezuela Cap\u00edtulo Valles del Tuy<br \/>\n142.M\u00e9dicos Unidos de Venezuela Cap\u00edtulo Vargas<br \/>\n143.M\u00e9dicos Unidos de Venezuela Cap\u00edtulo Yaracuy<br \/>\n144.M\u00e9dicos Unidos de Venezuela Cap\u00edtulo Zulia<br \/>\n145.Monitor de Derechos Humanos<br \/>\n146.MONITOR SOCIAL AC<br \/>\n147.Movimiento Araguaney<br \/>\n148.Movimiento Creando Ciudadanos (MOCRECI)<br \/>\n149.Movimiento DECODE<br \/>\n150.Movimiento SOMOS<br \/>\n151.Mulier<br \/>\n152.Observatorio de Derechos Humanos de la Universidad de Los Andes<br \/>\n153.Observatorio de Derechos Humanos del Centro de Animaci\u00f3n Juvenil<br \/>\n154.Observatorio de Ecolog\u00eda Pol\u00edtica de Venezuela<br \/>\n155.Observatorio de la di\u00e1spora venezolana<br \/>\n156.Observatorio de Violencias LGBTIQ+<br \/>\n157.Observatorio Global de Comunicaci\u00f3n y Democracia<br \/>\n158.Observatorio Venezolano de Conflictividad Social (OVCS)<br \/>\n159.Observatorio Venezolano de los DDHH de las Mujeres<br \/>\n160.Observatorio Venezolano de Prisiones<br \/>\n161.Observatorio Venezolano de Violencia<br \/>\n162.Odevida, Cap\u00edtulo Venezuela<br \/>\n163.ONG DEMOCRACIA EMPRENDEDORA A.C.<br \/>\n164.ONG RED RETO<br \/>\n165.Ong Venezuela sin Fronteras<br \/>\n166.Orfavideh<br \/>\n167.Organizaci\u00f3n StopVIH<br \/>\n168.Osc. A\u00e7\u00e3o Social Irmandade Sem Fronteiras<br \/>\n169.Padres Organizados de Venezuela<br \/>\n170.PARTIDO GENTE<br \/>\n171.Paz Para Venezuela.<br \/>\n172.Plataforma Ayuda Venezuela<br \/>\n173.Prepara Familia<br \/>\n174.PROMEDEHUM<br \/>\n175.PROVEA (Programa Venezolano de Educaci\u00f3n- Acci\u00f3n en Derechos Humanos<br \/>\n176.Proyecto Mujeres<br \/>\n177.Puentes Ciudadanos Colombia Venezuela<br \/>\n178.RED DE ORGANIZACIONES DE DERECHOS HUMANOS DEL ESTADO AMZOATEGUI REDHANZ<br \/>\n179.RedOrgBaruta<br \/>\n180.Refugiados sin fronteras<br \/>\n181.Resonalia<br \/>\n182.Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights<br \/>\n183.SABANA<br \/>\n184.Sociedad Hominis Iura (SOHI)<br \/>\n185.SOLIDARIDAD ACTIVA PANAMA<br \/>\n186.SOS Pacientes Renales<br \/>\n187.Startup Venezuela<br \/>\n188.Sunep-CVG<br \/>\n189.SUNEP-INPARQUES<br \/>\n190.T.R.E.N VENEZUELA<br \/>\n191.Transparencia Electoral<br \/>\n192.Transparencia por Colombia<br \/>\n193.Transparencia Venezuela<br \/>\n194.Una Ventana a la Libertad<br \/>\n195.Uni\u00f3n de trabajadores de plataformas digitales y mensajer\u00edas<br \/>\n196.Urgent Action for Democracy and Development, UADD<br \/>\n197.UTRAVENCO<br \/>\n198.VenAm\u00e9rica<br \/>\n199.Veneactiva<br \/>\n200.VENEMEX<br \/>\n201.Venezuela Global<br \/>\n202.Voto Joven<br \/>\n203.Wainjirawa-UAIN<br \/>\n204.Red por los Derechos Humanos de Ni\u00f1os, Ni\u00f1as y Adolescentes (REDHNNA)<\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Individuals:\u00a0<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>1.\u00a0Adelfa Malpica Dommar<br \/>\n2.\u00a0Adriane Grupp Gutierrez<br \/>\n3.\u00a0Alberto Fuenmayor<br \/>\n4.\u00a0Alberto Gallegos<br \/>\n5.\u00a0Alberto lopez oliver<br \/>\n6.\u00a0Alberto Soteldo<br \/>\n7.\u00a0Aldo De Santis<br \/>\n8.\u00a0Alejandro Capo<br \/>\n9.\u00a0Alejandro Mart\u00ednez Ubieda<br \/>\n10.\u00a0Alejandra Guevara<br \/>\n11.\u00a0Alexander camacho<br \/>\n12.\u00a0Alexis j saldivia dager<br \/>\n13.\u00a0Alexis Mercado<br \/>\n14.\u00a0Alexis Rafael Manrrique Duarte<br \/>\n15.\u00a0Alexis Ramos Castillo<br \/>\n16.\u00a0Alfonso Maldonado, priest<br \/>\n17.\u00a0Ali Daniels<br \/>\n18.\u00a0Alicia Iva\u00f1ez<br \/>\n19.\u00a0Alirio Gomez<br \/>\n20.\u00a0Alix Garcia<br \/>\n21.\u00a0Ana Black<br \/>\n22.\u00a0Ana Karina Rosas<br \/>\n23.\u00a0Ana Maria Anselmi<br \/>\n24.\u00a0Ana Maria Diez<br \/>\n25.\u00a0Ana Mar\u00eda Ruggeri<br \/>\n26.\u00a0Ana Mar\u00eda Valero Almao<br \/>\n27.\u00a0Ana Martinez<br \/>\n28.\u00a0Anamar\u00eda Gonz\u00e1lez Oxford<br \/>\n29.\u00a0Andres Caleca<br \/>\n30.\u00a0Andres Salazar<br \/>\n31.\u00a0Angel Arturo Marquina Davila V- 6.160.700<br \/>\n32.\u00a0Angel Morillo<br \/>\n33.\u00a0Angela Itriago<br \/>\n34.\u00a0Anibal Benitez<br \/>\n35.\u00a0Annette Rojas<br \/>\n36.\u00a0Antonetta Cipolla<br \/>\n37.\u00a0Antonio Luj\u00e1n<br \/>\n38.\u00a0Antonio Ochoa<br \/>\n39.\u00a0Antonio Puppio<br \/>\n40.\u00a0Algeria Bolivar<br \/>\n41.\u00a0Arlette Danglades<\/p>\n<p>42. Ascension Reyes<br \/>\n43. Ashley Meyer<br \/>\n44. Augladys Volc\u00e1n de Marengo<br \/>\n45. Aura Alvarez<br \/>\n46. Austerlitz Capriles<br \/>\n47. Barbara Reuss<br \/>\n48. Beatriz Salas<br \/>\n49. Belkis Mora<br \/>\n50. Benjamin Scharifker<br \/>\n51. Betzabeth Jaramillo Hurtado<br \/>\n52. Bibiana Balestrini<br \/>\n53. Briceida Morales<br \/>\n54. Carlos A. Villasmil A<br \/>\n55. Carlos Aponte Blank<br \/>\n56. Carlos Eduardo Vasquez<br \/>\n57. Carlos Figueredo Alvarez<br \/>\n58. Carlos Nieto Palma<br \/>\n59. Carlos Pati\u00f1o<br \/>\n60. Carlos Uzc\u00e1tegui Pe\u00f1a<br \/>\n61. Carlos Walter<br \/>\n62. Carmen B de Rivas<br \/>\n63. Carmen Brito<br \/>\n64. Carmen Elena Caraballo Hern\u00e1ndez<br \/>\n65. Carmen Garc\u00eda Guadilla<br \/>\n66. Carolina Amoroso<br \/>\n67. Carolina Jaimes Branger<br \/>\n68. Carolina Luzardo<br \/>\n69. Cecil Alvarez<br \/>\n70. Cecilia Castillo<br \/>\n71. Celestino Aponte<br \/>\n72. Celsa Garcia Suarez<br \/>\n73. C\u00e9sar M\u00e9ndez<br \/>\n74. Clarita Medina<br \/>\n75. Claudia Hernandez<br \/>\n76. Consuelo Giraud<br \/>\n77. Consuelo Iranzo<br \/>\n78. Cristina Carbonell<br \/>\n79. Cristobal Mendoza<br \/>\n80. Damian Prat C<br \/>\n81. Daniel Asuaje<br \/>\n82. Darlene Zambrano<br \/>\n83. Diana Carrasquero<br \/>\n84. Diana Irene Soaa<br \/>\n85. Diomedes Cordero<br \/>\n86. Domingo Jos\u00e9 Marcano Le\u00f3n<br \/>\n87. Doneyla Jimenez<br \/>\n88. Dora Dam de Monsalve<br \/>\n89. Eddie A. Ramirez S.<br \/>\n90. Edgar Contreras<br \/>\n91. Edgard Rodriguez<br \/>\n92. Edgardo Romero Chirinos<br \/>\n93. Eduardo Moratinos Monr\u00f3<br \/>\n94. Eduardo Villasmil<br \/>\n95. Edward Ocariz<br \/>\n96. Edwin Sambrano Vidal<br \/>\n97. Elides Sulbaran<br \/>\n98. Elio Antonio Garcia<br \/>\n99. Elio Marcano<br \/>\n100. Elio Sanoja<br \/>\n101. Elisa Rodriguez<br \/>\n102. Elizabeth Conde<br \/>\n103. Elsy Manzanares<br \/>\n104. Emilda Velazco<br \/>\n105. Enrique Gajardo<br \/>\n106. Enrique Larra\u00f1aga<br \/>\n107. Enrique Sandoval<br \/>\n108. Eric Flores<br \/>\n109. Ernesto Romero Surt<br \/>\n110. Estefania Mel\u00e9ndez<br \/>\n111. Eugenio Martinez<br \/>\n112. Fabi\u00e1n Silvestre Chac\u00f3n L\u00f3pez<br \/>\n113. Fel\u00edcita Chac\u00f3n<br \/>\n114. Ferm\u00edn Valladares<br \/>\n115. Fernando Acosta<br \/>\n116. Flavia Pesci Feltri<br \/>\n117. Francelia Ruiz<br \/>\n118. Francisco Carmona<br \/>\n119. Francisco Mendoza<br \/>\n120. Francisco Valencia<br \/>\n121. Franklin Vasquez<br \/>\n122. Freddy Gerardo Hern\u00e1ndez Borges<br \/>\n123. Freddy Rios<br \/>\n124. Gabriela Buada Blondell<br \/>\n125. Gerardo Mendoza<br \/>\n126. Gerardo Yepez<br \/>\n127. Germ\u00e1n A. Moreno<br \/>\n128. Giannina Provenzali<br \/>\n129. Gisela Rangel<br \/>\n130. Gisela Ruiz<br \/>\n131. Giuseppe Giannetto<br \/>\n132. Gladys Marante<br \/>\n133. Goizeder Az\u00faa<br \/>\n134. Gregorio Riera<br \/>\n135. Griselda Colina<br \/>\n136. Guido viera<br \/>\n137. Guillermo Antonio palacios castillo<br \/>\n138. Guillermo Jos\u00e9 Prada<br \/>\n139. Guillermo Le\u00f3n Mojica<br \/>\n140. Gustavo Rodriguez<br \/>\n141. Hector Gomes<br \/>\n142. Hedelvi J. Guada<br \/>\n143. H\u00e9l\u00e8ne Sanchez<br \/>\n144. Henry F Mater\u00e1n Dominguez<br \/>\n145. Helman Serrano<br \/>\n146. Henry Jaspe Garc\u00e9s<br \/>\n147. Hugo Hernandez<br \/>\n148. Idania Chirinos F.<br \/>\n149. Iraida Tapias<br \/>\n150. Iris Vargas<br \/>\n151. Irma Lopez<br \/>\n152. Isabel Urbaneja<br \/>\n153. Isabel Zerpa Albornoz<br \/>\n154. Isabelle Sanchez<br \/>\n155. Ismael Garcia<br \/>\n156. Jaime Bello Le\u00f3n<br \/>\n157. Jairo Garc\u00eda M\u00e9ndez<br \/>\n158. Jaisse Mercedes Espa\u00f1a Mart\u00ednez<br \/>\n159. Janeth Nieto<br \/>\n160. Jessica Wenzelmann<br \/>\n161. Jesus Alberto Arevalo<br \/>\n162.Jes\u00fas Castellanos V\u00e1squez<br \/>\n163. Jesus Delgado<br \/>\n164. Jes\u00fas Pe\u00f1alver<br \/>\n165. Jesus Saavedra<br \/>\n166. Joe Agostini<br \/>\n167. Joel Garcia<br \/>\n168. John M Mendoza<br \/>\n169. Jorge Eliecer Capriles Brice\u00f1o<br \/>\n170. Jorge Padr\u00f3n<br \/>\n171. Jorge Rosell<br \/>\n172. Jos\u00e9 A Furiati M.<br \/>\n173. Jos\u00e9 Antonio Narv\u00e1ez<br \/>\n174. Jos\u00e9 Diaz Pe\u00f1a<br \/>\n175. Jos\u00e9 dorta<br \/>\n176. Jos\u00e9 Ferrer<br \/>\n177. Jos\u00e9 Luis Lasaracina<br \/>\n178. Jos\u00e9 Luis Mart\u00ednez<br \/>\n179. Jos\u00e9 Medina Rojas<br \/>\n180. Jos\u00e9 Mendoza<br \/>\n181. Jos\u00e9 Ospina-Valencia<br \/>\n182. Jos\u00e9 Torrealba<br \/>\n183.Joseph Poliszuk<br \/>\n184.Juan Alonso Molina<br \/>\n185.Juan Crist\u00f3bal Castro\u00a0186.Juan Cruz<br \/>\n187.Jos\u00e9 Gonz\u00e1lez<br \/>\n188.Jos\u00e9 Mej\u00edas<br \/>\n189.Juan Vilera del Corral<br \/>\n190.Judith C. Vega Mej\u00eda<br \/>\n191.Julio C\u00e9sar Rond\u00f3n D\u00edaz<br \/>\n192.Julio Serrano<br \/>\n193.Katherine Martinez<br \/>\n194.Kiomara Scovino<br \/>\n195.Laura Cristina Dib Ayesta<br \/>\n196.Laura Rojas<br \/>\n197.Laura S. Leret-O&#8217;Neill<br \/>\n198.Larralde, Urqu\u00eda<br \/>\n199.Leandro Montes<br \/>\n200.Lenis M\u00e1rquez Garc\u00eda<br \/>\n201.Leon Arismendi<br \/>\n202.Leonardo Argimiro Cede\u00f1o Goyo<br \/>\n203.Leonardo Deutsch<br \/>\n204.Leonardo Manrique<br \/>\n205.Leonardo Pizani<br \/>\n206.Leonardo Regnault<br \/>\n207.Leopoldo Mendoza<br \/>\n208.Leticia Navarro<br \/>\n209.Leyda Escalona<br \/>\n210.Liana Arrieta<br \/>\n211.Lidia Bastidas de Mac-Quhae<br \/>\n212.Liliana del Valle Padilla Arza<br \/>\n213.Lionel Hernandez<br \/>\n214.Lionel R. Echeverria<br \/>\n215.Lissette Molina<br \/>\n216.Livia Becerra<br \/>\n217.Livia Carrillo<br \/>\n218.Livo Matheus<br \/>\n219.Liz Carolina Jaramillo<br \/>\n220.Lizbette Montbrun<br \/>\n221.Lorena Liendo Rey<br \/>\n222.Lourdes Ram\u00edrez de Viloria<br \/>\n223.Luc\u00eda Pati\u00f1o<br \/>\n224.Luis Alfredo Vel\u00e1squez Dorta<br \/>\n225.Luis Francisco Cabezas<br \/>\n226.Luis Manuel Aguana<br \/>\n227.Luis Vel\u00e1zquez<br \/>\n228.Luis Zambrano Sequ\u00edn<br \/>\n229.Luisa Kislinger<br \/>\n230.Luisa Pernalete<br \/>\n231. Luisa Torrealba<br \/>\n232. Luisa Ramos<br \/>\n233. Luisa Villalba<br \/>\n234. Luz Maria Marquez Negretti<br \/>\n235. Luz Rodr\u00edguez de Garc\u00eda<br \/>\n236. Mabel Mund\u00f3<br \/>\n237. Mafio Beroes<br \/>\n238. Magaly Guerrero<br \/>\n239. Magaly Herbas de Otero<br \/>\n240. Malena Roncayolo<br \/>\n241. Myriam Marcano<br \/>\n242. Mabel Abdala<br \/>\n243. Manuel Antonio Narv\u00e1ez<br \/>\n244. Manuel Guevara<br \/>\n245. Manuel Prada<br \/>\n246. Manuel Rodr\u00edguez \u00c1lvarez<br \/>\n247. Mara Pinto<br \/>\n248. Mari Olaiza<br \/>\n249. Maria Alvarez<br \/>\n250. Mar\u00eda Antonieta Beroes<br \/>\n251. Mar\u00eda Auxiliadora Quintana Palencia<br \/>\n252. Mar\u00eda Clara Robayo Le\u00f3n<br \/>\n253. Maria Coronel de K\u00f6hler<br \/>\n254. Maria Correa<br \/>\n255.Mar\u00eda Cristina Capriles<br \/>\n256.Mar\u00eda de Lourdes R\u00edos de Chiossone<br \/>\n257.Maria De Oteyza<br \/>\n258.Maria del Pilar Diaz<br \/>\n259.Mar\u00eda Elena M\u00e9ndez<br \/>\n260.Mar\u00eda Elena Valero Morales<br \/>\n261.Mar\u00eda Eugenia Gil Beroes<br \/>\n262.Mar\u00eda Fernanda Mujica Ricardo<br \/>\n263.Mar\u00eda Gabriela Trompetero<br \/>\n264.Maria Gonzalez<br \/>\n265.Mar\u00eda Jes\u00fas Torres<br \/>\n266.Maria Josefina Abouhamad<br \/>\n267.Mar\u00eda Josefina Valero Morales<br \/>\n268.Mar\u00eda Magdalena Colmenares<br \/>\n269.Mar\u00eda Mu\u00f1oz<br \/>\n270.Maria Nuria De Cesaris<br \/>\n271.Maria Salgado<br \/>\n272.Maria Santos<br \/>\n273.Maria Spera<br \/>\n274.Mar\u00eda Teresa Pi\u00f1ero Su\u00e1rez<br \/>\n275.Maria Villegas<br \/>\n276.Maria E Fuenmayor<br \/>\n277.Maria Gonzalez<br \/>\n278.Mariana Soledad Vahlis<br \/>\n279.Mariana Suarez<br \/>\n280.Marianela Maldonado<br \/>\n281.Marianella De Faria<br \/>\n282.Mariano Herrera<br \/>\n283.Maribel Escalona<br \/>\n284.Maribel Ferrer<br \/>\n285.Marielba Gonzalez<br \/>\n286.Marisol Arreaza Ludovic<br \/>\n287.Maritza Castillo<br \/>\n288.Maritza Sanguino<br \/>\n289.Maritza Velasquez<br \/>\n290.Marl\u00fa Villanueva<br \/>\n291.Marta De LA Vega V.<br \/>\n292.Marta Morante<br \/>\n293.Mary Monsalve<br \/>\n294.Mary Vargas<br \/>\n295.Maurizio Liberatoscioli<br \/>\n296.Maygret Ord\u00f3\u00f1ez<br \/>\n297.Melin Nava<br \/>\n298.Mercedes De Freitas<br \/>\n299.MG Tomasini<br \/>\n300.Miguel \u00c1. Mart\u00ednez<br \/>\n301.Milagro Gomez<br \/>\n302.Milagros Perez Mirabal<br \/>\n303.Milena Mendeza<br \/>\n304.Mireya Guanipa<br \/>\n305.Mireya Socorro<br \/>\n306.Miriam Kornblith<br \/>\n307.Miriam L\u00f3pez Del Pozo<br \/>\n308.Mirtha Carpio<br \/>\n309.Mirtha Durand Rey<br \/>\n310.Mois\u00e9s Carvallo N\u00fa\u00f1ez<br \/>\n311.Monica Becerra<br \/>\n312.Morella Ferrero<br \/>\n313.Nacarid Rodriguez<br \/>\n314.Nancy Alvarado<br \/>\n315.Nancy Pereyra<br \/>\n316.Natacha Marquez<br \/>\n317.Natacha Lander<br \/>\n318.Natalia de Paz<br \/>\n319.Natalia Rios<br \/>\n320.Nathalie Alvaray<br \/>\n321.Nay Valero<br \/>\n322.N\u00e9gal P Ciliberto<br \/>\n323.Nelly Cuenca de Ram\u00edrez<br \/>\n324.Nilyan Marin<br \/>\n325.Nora Alvarado<br \/>\n326.Nora Rub\u00ed Leandro<br \/>\n327.Norelis Betancourt<br \/>\n328.Noris Mendez<br \/>\n329.Norka Anzola<br \/>\n330.Norma Delgado<br \/>\n331.Norma Garc\u00eda Lorenzo<br \/>\n332.Novella Rodriguez<br \/>\n333.Nydia Ruiz<br \/>\n334.Odalid Yilales<br \/>\n335.Olivia Lozano<br \/>\n336.Omar Pineda Bosc\u00e1n<br \/>\n337.Oneida Parra<br \/>\n338.Orlando Vizcarrondo<br \/>\n339.\u00d3scar Calles<br \/>\n340.Oscar Lucien<br \/>\n341.Osvaldo Sayago Carrero<br \/>\n342.Otto Adolf Gebauer Morales.<br \/>\n343.Pablo Perez<br \/>\n344.Paula Escalante<br \/>\n345.Pedro Gonz\u00e1lez Caro<br \/>\n346.Pedro Luis Echeverria<br \/>\n347.Pedro Ramon<br \/>\n348.Pia Revollo<br \/>\n349.Rafael Jos\u00e9 Landaeta Matheus<br \/>\n350.Rafael Rodr\u00edguez O.<br \/>\n351.Rakel Sosa<br \/>\n352.Ram\u00edrez Mascare\u00f1o Franklin Alejo<br \/>\n353.Ram\u00f3n Berardo Urb\u00e1ez Figuera<br \/>\n354.Ramon Cardozo<br \/>\n355.Ram\u00f3n Y\u00e1nez \u00c1lvarez<br \/>\n356.Raquel Gamus<br \/>\n357.Raul Azparren M<br \/>\n358.Ra\u00fal Lira Cornett<br \/>\n359.Raul Luis Aguana Santamaria<br \/>\n360.Rebeca Pernalete<br \/>\n361.Reinaldo Marrero<br \/>\n362.Reinaldo Rojas<br \/>\n363.Ricardo Flores Bajares<br \/>\n364.Ricardo Morales<br \/>\n365.Ricardo Pinza<br \/>\n366.Rigoberto Lobo<br \/>\n367.Rodrigo J. 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