Chyno Miranda opened his heart on the podcast "I Could, You Can" and revealed chilling details of the 11 months he spent hospitalized at the Venezuelan center Tía Panchita: forced injections, failed escape attempts, and psychological manipulation that he himself described as "torture."
The singer, whose real name is Jesús Alberto Miranda Pérez, shared his testimony along with his musical partner Nacho (Miguel Ignacio Mendoza) in a conversation that went viral since its release at the beginning of September.
Chyno recounted that while he was confined, he repeatedly told himself that he would get through it: "I was in a clinic in Venezuela, and every day I was saying to myself: I'm going to get through this, I'm going to get through this, God, help me so my wife can get me out of this."
What marked him the most was the treatment he received from the center's staff, who, according to the singers, had no real medical training.
"The mistreatment by the nurses. They were constantly injecting me with Haldol and Diazepam. I escaped from there three times through the front door. Then the nurses would catch me outside and inject me," the singer recounted directly.
On top of that, there was a constant psychological pressure: the staff kept telling him that he needed to forget his past and that he was "no longer Chyno," but simply Jesús Miranda.
While Chyno was living that nightmare, his partner Nacho tried to reach out to him two or three times a week without success.
"I called and they would tell me: 'the doctor says you can't see him' and I would say 'why can't I see him?'. None of those who were there at the clinic were professionals," Nacho reported, adding that the supposed doctor in charge "turned out not to be a doctor."
What ultimately changed the situation was the intervention of Astrid Falcón, Chyno's wife, who appeared at the center accompanied by a prosecutor, lawyers, and representatives of the Venezuelan Supreme Court of Justice.
"One day she showed up with some lawyers, with people from the Supreme Court of Justice, with a prosecutor, and suddenly I... saw an angel like this, my God, what is this?" the artist recalled with emotion.
Chyno's decline began in 2020 when a severe case of COVID-19 caused him to suffer from peripheral neuropathy and encephalitis, complications that left him in a state of great vulnerability and led to his hospitalization at Tía Panchita in late 2021.
In November 2022, the Venezuelan Public Ministry raided the facility and found expired medications, handmade restraining shirts, and rusted sharp objects; four workers were arrested for illegal practice of medicine.
Chyno was then transferred to the private clinic El Cedral, where he reunited with Nacho in a moment that both described as deeply emotional.
Today, the duo is in great shape: in April 2026, they released "Radio Venezuela," an album featuring 14 collaborations with Venezuelan artists such as Danny Ocean, Rawayana, Elena Rose, Mau and Ricky, Joaquina, Lasso, and Akapellah.
The artistic reunion had begun earlier, in 2024, with the “Eternos Tour” which sold out at the Hard Rock Live in Hollywood, Miami.
In the podcast, Chyno concluded his story with a reflection that sums up everything he experienced: "I was living there with a lot of strength and patience day by day."
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