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Hours after release from jail, Catholic politician in Venezuela under house arrest

Shortly after being freed, Guanipa was placed under house arrest

Edgar Beltrán
Feb 18, 2026
∙ Paid

The Venezuelan regime sent Catholic politician Juan Pablo Guanipa into house arrest just hours after he had been released from jail, where he had been for nine months.

Guanipa, one of the best-known faces of the Venezuelan opposition, had been originally arrested on May 23, 2025 and accused of conspiracy and terrorism. He had previously spent nine months…

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