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Rocío San Miguel is the director of Control Ciudadano and a vocal critic of the government of President Nicolás Maduro, Image by Global Voices. Rocío San Miguel, a lawyer, human rights activist, and director of Citizen Control — an NGO that oversights matters of security, defense, and the National Armed Forces in Venezuela — was detained and taken to an undisclosed location on January 9 at the Simón Bolívar de Maiquetía International Airport, near capital city Caracas, while she and her daughter waited a flight to Miami. Besides San Miguel’s arrest, five of her relatives were also detained: Mi…

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