There are three Lusophone descendants of Madeiran origin imprisoned in Venezuela who have not been released by the amnesty law.
Justice & Anti-CorruptionSouth America
- Omissions
- The claim could not verify the specific number of 'three' Lusophone prisoners - only one (Juan Francisco Rodríguez) could be identified in available sources.
- The sources do not explicitly confirm Madeiran origin specifically - only Portuguese/Luso-Venezuelan ancestry is mentioned.
- The amnesty law was approved on February 20, 2026, and as of February 24, 2026, 91 prisoners had been released according to Foro Penal, but Juan Rodríguez was not among them.
- Only one secondary source was found confirming Juan Rodríguez's status; two independent sources or one primary source confirming the claim could not be found.
- Sources
- SecondaryTenemos Noticias / La PatillaJuan Francisco Rodríguez, coronel de la Guardia Nacional (GNB), detained since March 2019. Described as 'preso político luso-venezolano' (Luso-Venezuelan political prisoner). His daughter María Alejandra Rodríguez campaigns for his release from Portugal.