Venezuela: Activist Rocío San Miguel receives 'acquittal' after being charged with terrorism
San Miguel explained that "justice will only be fully realized when due process, human dignity and fundamental rights are guaranteed for all Venezuelans."
Image of Rocío San Miguel
Hispanic-Venezuelan activist Rocío San Miguel announced that she received an acquittal in Venezuela at the conclusion of the legal proceedings she faced on charges related to terrorism, conspiracy and treason.
"The court has issued an acquittal, declaring me free of criminal liability with respect to the charges brought against me," San Miguel reported on X on Thursday night.
The president of the organization Control Ciudadano (Citizen Control) maintained that the decision does not, on its own, represent the full restoration of justice in the country.
"Justice will only be fully realized when due process, human dignity and fundamental rights are guaranteed for all Venezuelans," she stated.
San Miguel also referred to the sentences handed down against other defendants in the same case and expressed her hope that they would be reviewed.
"As for the convictions handed down in this case against other defendants, I hope they will be overturned because they are profoundly unjust," she added.
Charges and kidnapping
In February, Tarek William Saab, then-Venezuelan attorney general, reported that the Public Prosecutor's Office had requested that the Second Anti-Terrorism Court issue a pretrial detention order against San Miguel.
She was charged with treason against the homeland, conspiracy and terrorism.
In the same announcement, Saab reported that a request for pretrial detention would also be filed against Alejandro José González De Canales Plaza for the alleged commission of the crimes of "disclosure of political and military secrets concerning national security, obstruction of justice and conspiracy."
U.N. called for her release
San Miguel's case also prompted the intervention of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, who demanded her release and described her case as an enforced disappearance.
Now, following the announcement of her acquittal, San Miguel maintains that the Venezuelan justice system must still guarantee due process and fundamental rights for all citizens.
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