Venezuelan politician Juan Pablo Guanipa kidnapped after being freed from prison
Venezuela's opposition leader Maria Corina Machado said on Sunday that politician Juan Pablo Guanipa was kidnapped in the Los Chorros neighborhood of Caracas, hours after it was reported he had been freed in a prisoner release.
Akanksha Khushi
Reuters
February 9, 2026
Venezuelan opposition politician Juan Pablo Guanipa talks on a video call through a smartphone outside National Police Zone 7 Detention Centre, after he was released from the Bolivarian National Police (PNB) Mariperez detention centre, in Caracas, Venezuela, February 8, 2026.
Fausto Torrealba/Reuters
Venezuela's opposition leader Maria Corina Machado said on Sunday that politician Juan Pablo Guanipa was kidnapped in the Los Chorros neighborhood of Caracas, hours after it was reported he had been freed in a prisoner release.
Akanksha Khushi in Bengaluru; Editing by Sonali Paul
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