Overview
- Mariana González says a judge issued the sentence after a single hearing on November 28 and relayed it to Rafael Tudares earlier this week.
- The family reports no direct or indirect contact with Tudares since his January 7 detention and says the case dossier has been kept confidential.
- Authorities previously signaled charges that include terrorism, conspiracy, association to commit crimes and money laundering, but have not publicly commented on the conviction.
- Opposition leader Edmundo González Urrutia calls the punishment a political reprisal connected to Venezuela’s disputed 2024 election and says he will press for Tudares’s release.
- Local media and the family say activist Luis Guillermo Isturiz was also convicted in the same proceeding, a detail officials have not confirmed.