Redacción: La Tabla/Plataforma de Periodismo de Datos 11 SEP 2025
1. Prosecutors Charged and Detained in Carabobo (Initial Operation)
· Miguel José Duran Trejo
· Position: Former Senior Prosecutor of Carabobo State.
· Status: Charged and detained.
· Charges: Aggravated extortion, unlawful deprivation of liberty, intentional delay or omission of functions, criminal association, obstruction of justice, economic advantages or benefits, misuse of confidential information or data.
· Pedro Amaya
· Position: Acting Prosecutor of the First Prosecutor’s Office of Carabobo State.
· Status: Detained and charged.
· Charges: Aggravated extortion, unlawful deprivation of liberty, intentional delay or omission of functions, criminal association.
· Freddy Franco
· Position: Assistant Prosecutor of the First Prosecutor’s Office of Carabobo State.
· Status: Detained and charged.
· Charges: Aggravated extortion, unlawful deprivation of liberty, intentional delay or omission of functions, criminal association.
· Group of 10 Former Prosecutors from Carabobo (Charged)
· Status: All were jointly charged with Miguel José Duran Trejo.
· Charges: Obstruction of justice, economic advantages or benefits of public officials, aggravated intentional delay or omission of functions, misuse of confidential information or data, criminal association.
· Full names:
1. Marilyn Jackeline Hernández
2. Gabriel José Sánchez
3. Michael Gabriel Quintero
4. Omar Antonio Ramos
5. Gabriel José Almea Hernández
6. Lerwis Osorio Pimentel
7. Luis Maldonado
8. Angel Daza Hernández
9. Wilmer Agustin Vargas Silva
10. Angel Dorta Sivira
2. Public Ministry Executives Being Questioned
These directors were questioned by SEBIN in Caracas as part of the investigation. The documents and references do not specify if they were detained or charged, but all indications are that they are not free.
· Marvin Emperatriz Gonzalez Barrios
· Position: Director Against Corruption.
· Ángel Fuennayor
· Position: Director of Common Crimes.
· Orlando Peña Lamus
· Position: Director of Organized Crime.
· Farid Mora Salcedo
· Position: National Prosecutor
3. Detentions in Bolivar State
According to the press release at the end of the documents, detentions in Bolivar State have been confirmed.
· Luis Roa Reyes
· Position: Senior Prosecutor of Bolivar State.
· Status: Detained (had previously been questioned).
· Yaritza Godoy
· Position: Chief Judge of Bolivar State.
· Status: Detained.
· Carlos Retiff
· Position: President of the Judicial Circuit of Bolivar State.
· Status: Detained.
🔍 Summary and Context
· Total number of prosecutors charged in Carabobo: 13 (Duran Trejo + Amaya + Franco + the 10 former prosecutors).
· Authority overseeing the detentions: The Bolivarian National Intelligence Service (SEBIN).
· Related case: The investigation is linked to the activities of criminal Rafael Reyna (Rafa Reyna), who is currently prosecuted and imprisoned for extortion. The prosecutors may have been direct participants in these events.
· Additional case: Investigations are underway regarding the death of prosecutor Luis Enrique Maldonado Vásquez (former deputy to the Senior Prosecutor of Carabobo), whose body was discovered in a hotel in Aragua. His case is mentioned in the context of events in Carabobo since he was named by the prosecutor in the initial list of the 10 Carabobo prosecutors that were charged.
This report is still ongoing and will be updated as more information and new references become available.