The Venezuelan regime detained YouTuber Oscar Alejandro for alleged acts of terrorism (Instagram: @oscaralejandro)
A Venezuelan YouTuber who promoted tourist content was arrested this Sunday in Venezuela after being accused of being linked to “terrorist activities,” his relatives reported on Sunday. This Monday, the YouTuber confirmed that he was already free and promised to provide more details soon.
Oscar Alejandro Pérez Martínez, known on social media as Oscar Alejandro, was detained at the Simón Bolívar International Airport in Maiquetía, which serves Caracas, when he was preparing to travel to Canaima, a renowned national park in Venezuela where Angel Falls is located. The highest watherfall of the world.
“According to preliminary reports available, the arrest is linked to accusations of terrorism-related activities,” the family said in a statement released to the press.
“Friends, I am fine and free,” Oscar Alejandro confirmed. “In a few hours through my YouTube channel I will tell everything that happened. Thanks to everyone for your support”.
This Monday, the Attorney General of Venezuela, Tarek William Saab, confirmed that Óscar Alejandro “was interrogated” and that he was conditionally released: “Upon entering the country, he is detained. He has been interrogated. All of his rights have been respected. Nobody can invent here that it was an arbitrary detention. He will be placed under the orders of the corresponding court today.”
“The Public Ministry, based on everything it has collected, is going to ask the Court that this person be attentive to the calls of the Public Ministry and the Court itself based on an ongoing investigation, but he is going to obtain his fiscal freedom” , he added.
The statement from the family of Oscar Alejandro Pérez spread on social networks
Regarding the crimes for which he was arrested, Saab told the press: “Isn’t it a crime to present the image of a public or private building, whatever its final entity is to provide a public service without distinction to the Venezuelan the Venezuelan, calling or insinuating that it should be blown up with a bomb?”
“The family expresses its hope that the judicial process, which will begin with a hearing scheduled for Monday, April 1, 2024 in the 2nd Court of Control of the Metropolitan Area, will clarify the details of the situation and ensure fair treatment in accordance with the legal rights of Oscar Alejandro,” says a text released today by his family.
The young man, who lives in the United States and has 1.8 million subscribers on YouTube and 580,000 followers on Instagram, is being held in the anti-terrorism division of the Scientific Police (Cicpc) in Caracas.
Pérez Martínez will be presented to court this Monday, according to family members, who hope that the situation will be clarified and “fair treatment” will be assured to him.
The young man has visited 28 countries, the last being Nicaragua, and in his documentaries he presented the tourist places and life in each country.
Since the beginning of the year, Venezuelan authorities have denounced at least six alleged plans linked to terrorism and conspiracies against the regime, which have resulted in more than forty arrests, among soldiers and activists.
(With information from AFP)
