Police agents during the events of April 11 wait for conditional release

Five former Caracas Metropolitan Police agents who were sentenced to 30 years in prison in connection with the events of April 11, 2002, when President Hugo Chávez was briefly removed from power, are waiting for the Ministry of Penitentiary Affairs to send the psychosocial tests conducted on November 15, to the 1st Court of Aragua state. The court is expected to grant them conditional release.

Former Metropolitan Police agents Héctor Rovain, Luis Molina Cerrada, Erasmo Bolívar, Marcos Hurtado and Arube Pérez, who are serving sentences in a prison in the city of Los Teques, said that they are eligible for conditional release and that their families and defense lawyers have met all the requirements.

Molina, sentenced to 30 years in prison, sent a letter to President Hugo Chávez in which he claims to be innocent. He argues that ballistic evidence shows that the shots were not fired by his gun.

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