Overview
- Nacho Gallo, in a televised interview that aired Saturday on TN, gave his first extended account of his detention and said the despair led him to consider taking his own life.
- He says the ordeal began at the Colombia–Venezuela crossing near Cúcuta when plainclothes agents searched his phone and typed “Maduro” into WhatsApp, then accused him of insulting the president.
- He recalls being hooded, cuffed on hands and feet, and beaten, with long stretches in total isolation at sites that included the El Rodeo I prison.
- He says he spent 448 days largely incommunicado, feared for his wife and newborn, and describes the early weeks of December 2024 as the worst period of psychological torture.
- After returning to Argentina on March 1, 2026, he filed complaints in federal court to be recognized as a victim and a querellante in a case targeting Maduro and other officials, keeping attention on the DGCIM security service and on other detainees who may face similar abuse.