The Venezuelan régimen keeps a woman and her baby in detention: the youngest political prisoner in the country

Human rights organizations reported this Friday that the Venezuelan regime is keeping Maykelis Borges and her newborn son imprisoned, who is considered the youngest political prisoner in the country's history.

Borges was arrested when she was two months pregnant, in an operation by the General Directorate of Military Counterintelligence (DGCIM), and remained missing for several weeks, according to the organization Vente Venezuela DDHH.

"In Venezuela, the regime has the youngest political prisoner in history: a baby born behind bars. Maykelis Borges was kidnapped and subjected to forced disappearance when she was two months pregnant. She was forced to give birth under the regime's custody. Today, she remains in prison with her son," the organization wrote on its official account on @VenteDDHH.

The case has sparked outrage both inside and outside Venezuela, amid rising reports of human rights violations committed by security forces under the control of Chavismo.

Activists believe that Borges' situation constitutes "violence, torture, and inhumane treatment" against a mother and her baby.

Paradoxically, the interim government led by Delcy Rodríguez announced this afternoon a general amnesty for all political and military prisoners in the country, as part of the agreements reached with the United States and the moderate opposition during the transition process overseen by Washington.

So far, neither Borges nor his son are on the official list of freed individuals published by the Venezuelan Ministry of Justice, but it is expected that they will be included in the release process.

The United States, through Secretary of State Marco Rubio, recently demanded the immediate release of all individuals detained for political reasons in Venezuela, emphasizing that "the amnesty must include women, persecuted military personnel, and those who were unjustly imprisoned under the Maduro regime."

The case of Maykelis Borges has become a symbol of the suffering of women persecuted for political reasons in Venezuela and of the ongoing repression within the chavista prison system, even in a context of political transition.