{"id":2567948,"date":"2026-02-09T13:53:56","date_gmt":"2026-02-09T18:53:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/venezuela-orders-rearrest-of-opposition-leader-hours-after-prison-release\/"},"modified":"2026-02-09T13:56:20","modified_gmt":"2026-02-09T18:56:20","slug":"venezuela-orders-rearrest-of-opposition-leader-hours-after-prison-release","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/venezuela-orders-rearrest-of-opposition-leader-hours-after-prison-release\/","title":{"rendered":"Venezuela orders rearrest of opposition leader hours after prison release"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">20<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fvenezuela-orders-rearrest-of-opposition-leader-hours-after-prison-release%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2567948&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>A Venezuelan opposition figure, Juan Pablo Guanipa, was rearrested just hours after his release from prison, in Caracas, following a claim by opposition leader Maria Corina Machado that he had been abducted by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/11-arrested-after-standoff-between-ma-state-troopers-and-group-of-armed-men-in-tactical-gear-shuts-down-i-95\/\" title=\"11 Arrested After Standoff Between MA State Troopers And ... Of Armed Men In Tactical Gear Shuts Down I-95\">heavily armed men<\/a>. The country\u2019s attorney general, Tarek william Saab, asked a court to revoke Guanipa\u2019s precautionary release (seeking house arrest rather) but did not detail the conditions of confinement. Guanipa\u2019s whereabouts and condition remained unknown as the incident drew international condemnation and questions about the regime\u2019s tactics. The move came amid ongoing tensions between the government and the opposition, with U.S. lawmakers accusing the government of intimidation and repression. Guanipa had been arrested in May on charges the government described as involvement in a \u201cterror\u201d plot, which he denied. The report notes that Venezuela had released dozens of political prisoners in recent days under international pressure, illustrating the broader, contentious political environment.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-header-search-button-mob dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search\" aria-labelledby=\"td-header-search-button\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search-inner\">\n<form method=\"get\" class=\"tdb-search-form\" action=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\"><\/form>\n<div class=\"tdb-aj-search\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/#\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Search\" class=\"tdb-head-search-btn dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">Venezuela attorney general orders rearrest of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/chloe-kim-wants-to-see-more-love-after-trumps-comments-about-teammate\/\" title=\"Chloe Kim wants to &#039;see more love&#039; after Trump&#039;s comments about teammate\">opposition leader hours<\/a> after prison release<\/h1>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-title-line\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div id=\"Brid_2488382\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/venezuela\/\">Venezuelan<\/a> Attorney General Tarek William Saab asked a court on Monday to approve the rearrest of Juan Pablo Guanipa shortly after he was kidnapped by &ldquo;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/venezuela-opposition-figure-kidnapped-hours-after-release-from-jail\/\" title=\"... after ... from jail\">heavily armed men&#038;rdquo<\/a>; in Caracas, as claimed by opposition leader Maria Corina Machado.<\/p>\n<p>The abduction was announced by Machado shortly after Guanipa was released from prison on Sunday. The Venezuelan lawyer and opposition figure was among nearly three dozen political prisoners who were freed, but he found himself detained again less than 12 hours after his release.<\/p>\n<div class=\"recommended-stories\">\n<h2>Recommended Stories<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/justice\/4449540\/trump-administration-court-test-venezuelans-deported-el-salvador\/\">Trump administration faces court test over Venezuelans flown to El Salvador<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/justice\/4450543\/judge-search-warrant-georgia-raid-unsealed-tuesday\/\">Judge orders search warrant for Georgia FBI raid unsealed<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/justice\/4450426\/massie-lutnick-resign-epstein-files-business\/\">Massie calls for Lutnick&#8217;s resignation after files show dealings with Epstein post-conviction<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p>&ldquo;Just a few minutes ago, Juan Pablo Guanipa was kidnapped in the Los Chorros urbanization in Caracas,&rdquo; Machado <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/MariaCorinaYA\/status\/2020712379248705579\">posted on X<\/a>. &ldquo;Heavily armed men, dressed in civilian clothes, arrived in 4 vehicles and violently took him away. We demand his immediate release.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Saab&rsquo;s office later announced it had &ldquo;requested the competent court to revoke the precautionary measure granted to Juan Pablo Guanipa, due to his non-compliance with the conditions imposed by the aforementioned court.&rdquo; The <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >attorney general&#038;rsquo<\/a>;s office did not specify what the conditions were but noted the government was seeking house arrest for Machado&rsquo;s ally.<\/p>\n<p>As of Monday morning, Guanipa&rsquo;s condition and whereabouts are unknown.<\/p>\n<p>Ramon Guanipa Linares <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/JuanPGuanipa\/status\/2020710901783888169\">said on social media<\/a> his father was kidnapped by a &ldquo;group of approximately 10 unidentified people.&rdquo; Linares demanded &ldquo;immediate proof of life&rdquo; in addition to his release.<\/p>\n<p>International outrage followed over Guanipa&rsquo;s detainment, with many U.S. lawmakers presuming Venezuelan acting President Delcy Rodriguez&rsquo;s government carried out the operation.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Where is Juan Pablo Guanipa?&rdquo; Rep. Maria Elvira Salazar (R-FL) <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/RepMariaSalazar\/status\/2020850201284550881\">asked on X<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;This is the dictatorship&rsquo;s playbook: kidnap, intimidate, and silence anyone who dares to speak the truth. A cowardly act that confirms the repression in Venezuela has not stopped for a single moment,&rdquo; Salazar said. &ldquo;Every hour without answers further exposes the brutality of a regime that fears its own people and sustains itself through persecution and terror. Juan Pablo Guanipa must be released immediately and unconditionally.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Rodriguez assumed control over Venezuela after the U.S. military captured former dictator <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/nicolas-maduro\/\">Nicolas Maduro<\/a> and brought him to New York to face federal charges for narcoterrorism and drug trafficking.<\/p>\n<p>The acting president has tried to cooperate with the Trump administration, but lawmakers claim she is employing the same authoritarian tactics as Maduro.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Maduro&rsquo;s thuggish regime has once again wrongfully taken [Guanipa] captive, just hours after his release,&rdquo; Sen. Rick Scott (R-FL) <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/SenRickScott\/status\/2020845659784421484\">wrote on X<\/a>. &ldquo;Delcy Rodriguez and Diosdado Cabello must IMMEDIATELY RELEASE JUAN PABLO GUANIPA, and ensure every political prisoner is free to live without oppression. The U.S. is watching.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Venezuela released at least 35 political prisoners on Sunday, according to human rights group Foro Penal. The group estimated another 383 political prisoners had been freed since the Venezuelan government began its series of prison releases last month due to pressure from the United States.<\/p>\n<p>Venezuelan authorities arrested Guanipa in May based on Interior Minister Diosdado Cabello&rsquo;s claims that he was involved in a &ldquo;terror&rdquo; plot targeting the country&rsquo;s elections. Guanipa denied the allegations.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/world\/4450580\/venezuela-opposition-figure-kidnapped\/\">VENEZUELA OPPOSITION FIGURE KIDNAPPED HOURS AFTER RELEASE FROM PRISON<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Hours before Guanipa was kidnapped, Machado indicated she was looking forward to reuniting.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;My dear Juan Pablo, counting the minutes until I can hug you!&rdquo; she <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/MariaCorinaYA\/status\/2020548467106394386\">said<\/a>. &ldquo;You are a hero and history will ALWAYS recognize it. Freedom for ALL political prisoners!!&rdquo;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Venezuela seeks Guanipa rearrest hours after release<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2159,"featured_media":2567949,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/AP26039794999251.jpg?w=696","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[33651,538],"tags":[3760,5894,73391,73390,50813],"class_list":["post-2567948","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-western-journal","category-washington-examiner","tag-opposition","tag-politics","tag-prison-release-2","tag-rearrest","tag-venezuela-2"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/AP26039794999251.jpg?w=696","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2567948","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2159"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2567948"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2567948\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2567952,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2567948\/revisions\/2567952"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2567949"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2567948"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2567948"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2567948"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}