El Helicoide
Venezuelan political prison
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Juan Pablo Guanipa (1) · Venezuela (1) · Nicolás Maduro (1) · El Helicoide (1) · Prisoner swap (1) · Opposition (1) · SEBIN (1) · Political crisis (1)
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El Helicoide is a building in Caracas, Venezuela owned by the Venezuelan government and used as a facility and prison for both regular and political prisoners of the Bolivarian National Intelligence Service (SEBIN). In the shape of a three-sided pyramid, it was originally constructed as a shopping mall, but never completed.
During the Nicolás Maduro administration, El Helicoide became a high-profile prison for political detainees where systemic torture and human rights violations have taken place.
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