A French citizen who has been detained in Venezuela since late June has been launched, President Emmanuel Macron introduced on Sunday.
“Camilo Castro is free. I share the reduction of his household and thank everybody who labored for his launch,” the top of state wrote on the social media platform X.
Castro, a 41-year-old yoga trainer, disappeared on June 26 on the Paraguachon border crossing, which separates Venezuela from Colombia, the place he lives.
He had gone to resume his expired Colombian residency visa, his household mentioned in August.
In mid-September, Castro’s mom mentioned she had not acquired any information from him aside from a voice message on the finish of July wherein he “referred to as for assist”.
According to analysis carried out by his household and Amnesty International, he was being held by the Venezuelan authorities.
Amnesty has denounced what it mentioned was a coverage of “enforced disappearances” of opponents and overseas nationals because the electoral authorities declared President Nicolas Maduro winner of a disputed vote in July 2024.
“The Venezuelan authorities look like utilizing this follow to justify their narratives about ‘overseas conspiracies’ and as a bargaining chip to be used in negotiations with different international locations,” it wrote in a report printed in July.
