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UN Report Accuses Maduro's Guards of Crimes Against Humanity

12/11/2025

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A United Nations Fact-Finding Mission found the Bolivarian National Guard (GNB) committed crimes against humanity over the past decade.
The report details abuses including arbitrary detentions, sexual violence, and torture against political opponents under President Nicolás Maduro.
Marta Valinas, head of the mission, says these acts reflect a coordinated repression pattern.
Maduro's administration has dismissed previous U.N. reports as false.

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A United Nations Fact-Finding Mission found the Bolivarian National Guard (GNB) committed crimes against humanity over the past decade.
The report details abuses including arbitrary detentions, sexual violence, and torture against political opponents under President Nicolás Maduro.
Marta Valinas, head of the mission, says these acts reflect a coordinated repression pattern.
Maduro's administration has dismissed previous U.N. reports as false.