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Viewing cable 04CARACAS2580, VENEZUELAN PRISONER NEWS

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Reference ID Created Released Classification Origin
04CARACAS2580 2004-08-12 13:32 2011-08-24 01:00 UNCLASSIFIED Embassy Caracas
This record is a partial extract of the original cable. The full text of the original cable is not available.
UNCLAS CARACAS 002580 
 
SIPDIS 
 
 
NSC FOR CBARTON 
HQ USSOUTHCOM ALSO FOR POLAD 
USAID DCHA/OTI FOR RPORTER 
 
E.O. 12958: N/A 
TAGS: PHUM KJUS PGOV VE
SUBJECT: VENEZUELAN PRISONER NEWS 
 
 
1.  (U) Judge Carmen Amelia Chacin found Gen. Carlos Alfonzo 
Martinez guilty of violating security zones and sentenced him 
to five years probation August 9. The judge also prohibited 
Alfonzo Martinez from making statements to the media as one 
of the conditions of his probation. Judge Chacin found Gen. 
Alfonzo Martinez innocent of encouraging rebellion, and 
abandoning one's command. The defense and prosecution intend 
to appeal the case. 
 
2.  (U) Separately, Judge Juan Ramon Leon Villanueva, of the 
8th Control Court, ruled on August 6 that Baruta Mayor 
Henrique Capriles could vote in his traditional voting center 
in Las Mercedes district of Baruta during the presidential 
recall referendum on August 15. The judge in the case being 
tried in Tachira state against nine opposition leaders for 
events that took place on April 12, 2002, also ruled that the 
nine defendants could vote on August 15. Seven defendants 
will vote in the prison, while two who are hospitalized will 
vote in their traditional voting centers. 
Shapiro 
 
 
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      2004CARACA02580 - UNCLASSIFIED