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Venezuelan opposition leader Maria Corina Machado announced on Saturday that political ally Juan Pablo Guanipa was forcibly detained by security forces in Caracas, just hours after he had been released from a previous period of custody. The incident occurred during a period of heightened political tension following the country's disputed presidential election, as the government under Nicolás Maduro continues its crackdown on prominent dissenting voices. Machado, a recent Nobel Peace Prize nominee, reported that Guanipa was intercepted and taken against his will, marking a significant escalation in the state's tactics against the democratic opposition. Juan Pablo Guanipa, a high-ranking member of the Justice First party and a former governor-elect, has been a vocal critic of the current administration. His detention reflects a broader pattern of judicial and physical intimidation targeting individuals who have questioned the official results of the July 28 elections. The opposition maintains that their candidate, Edmundo González Urrutia, won the presidency by a landslide, a claim supported by published voting tallies that the government has dismissed as fraudulent. The rapid re-arrest of Guanipa underscores the precarious nature of legal protections for political figures in the current Venezuelan climate. International human rights organizations have expressed growing concern over the wave of arrests in Venezuela, which have targeted hundreds of activists, protesters, and journalists. Maria Corina Machado has described these actions as a systematic campaign of kidnapping used to fracture the opposition's resolve and silence any domestic challenge to Maduro’s authority. This latest incident involving Guanipa is expected to draw further condemnation from the international community as diplomatic pressure mounts on Caracas to provide transparency regarding the electoral process and the treatment of political prisoners.