Geneva: Relatives of Venezuelan migrants kidnapped in El Salvador request UN intervention

Published at: 24/06/2025 10:47 AM

Family members of Venezuelan migrants kidnapped by El Salvador, under the auspices of the United States government, met with the Secretariat of the Working Group on Arbitrary Detention, a specialized agency of the United Nations, located in the city of Geneva, in Switzerland.

The presence of this group of family members, and legal advisors, responds to the delivery of a letter to that instance with 69 cases of kidnapped migrants, “from which a prompt response is expected to allow for the initiation of relevant investigations,” said Yuemili Velazco, the lawyer of the Angostura Law Firm.

For their part, the relatives indicated that each of them was received and listened to by the Group, which they requested will come to El Salvador to verify their mental and physical health status.

They also asked the Salvadoran president, Nayib Bukele, to provide a list of those kidnapped to facilitate the process with the Working Group.

Mazo News Team