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Family of Freed Argentine Gendarme Nahuel Gallo Publishes Thank-You After 448 Days Held in Venezuela

The family credits government officials alongside the AFA for support that helped secure his return.

Overview

  • In a letter posted by his brother Kevin, titled “448 días después, también nosotros volvimos a ser libres,” the family expressed gratitude for the efforts that led to Nahuel Gallo’s release.
  • The message thanks President Javier Milei, Foreign Minister Pablo Quirno, Security Minister Alejandra Monteoliva, Senator Patricia Bullrich, provincial leaders, Gendarmería units, and civic figures including Juan Grabois.
  • The AFA is credited for facilitating contact through Venezuela’s football federation and for providing the aircraft that flew Gallo to Ezeiza on March 2.
  • Gallo was accused of espionage and held incommunicado at El Rodeo I for 448 days after entering Venezuela from Colombia in December 2024, and he is now back in Argentina under medical care and protection.
  • In brief remarks this week, he said he is not ready to recount his experience and described El Rodeo I as a place of severe psychological torture, while reporting has linked his release to a Venezuelan amnesty and detainees’ hunger strikes.