Venezuela's interim President Delcy Rodriguez announced on Monday that she is proposing a law to grant amnesty to hundreds of prisoners in the country, the Spanish newspaper "Pais" reported, quoted by Reuters.
"I am announcing a law of general amnesty and instructing that this law be submitted to the National Assembly in order to promote peaceful coexistence in Venezuela," Rodriguez said at an event at the country's Supreme Court.
She added that the infamous "Elicoide" prison in Caracas, which human rights groups have long criticized as a place where prisoners are abused, will be transformed into a center for sports and social services, reports "Pais".
The American-Peruvian citizen Arturo Galino Rullier, arrested in Venezuela last November, was released today and is on his way to the United States, the non-governmental organization "Foro Penal", which specializes in monitoring political prisoners, reported Agence France-Presse.
"We confirm the release of the Peruvian-American political prisoner Arturo Galino Rullier. He is already on his way to the United States. He was in "Rodeo I" - a prison located about 40 kilometers from Caracas, wrote "Foro Penal" in "Ex".
The United States announced today that there are no longer any American citizens detained in Venezuela, less than a month after the military intervention that led to the detention of Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro.
"We are pleased to confirm the release by the interim authorities of all known American citizens detained in Venezuela," the US Embassy in Caracas said in a statement.