'I still can't talk' - Argentine soldier Gallo says after release

Record ID: 2361251

  • Title: 'I still can't talk' - Argentine soldier Gallo says after release
  • Date: 4th March 2026
  • Summary: BUENOS AIRES, ARGENTINA (MARCH 4, 2026) (REUTERS) VARIOUS OF ARGENTINE GENDARME NAHUEL GALLO ARRIVING AT PRESS CONFERENCE (SOUNDBITE) (Spanish) ARGENTINE GENDARME NAHUEL GALLO, SAYING: "El Rodeo I isn't a very good place. It's a place with a lot of psychological torture, and it's not very pleasant to talk about right now. Just thinking about it makes my mouth go dry, becau
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  • Keywords: AMNESTY LAW ARGENTINA POLITICAL PRISONER PRISONER UNITED STATES VENEZUELA
  • Location: BUENOS AIRES, ARGENTINA & GUATIRE, VENEZUELA
  • City: BUENOS AIRES, ARGENTINA & GUATIRE, VENEZUELA
  • Country: Argentina
  • Topics: Fundamental Rights/Civil Liberties,South America / Central America,Government/Politics
  • Reuters ID: LVA001097904032026RP1
  • Aspect Ratio: 16:9
  • Story Text:  Argentine soldier Nahuel Gallo said on Wednesday (March 4) the Venezuelan prison where he was held in custody for over a year before his release was a place of "torture," but said he was not able to go into details.
    Gallo spoke at a press conference in Buenos Aires, where he arrived on March 2 after being released from El Rodeo I prison, near Caracas, on March 1.
    Gallo was welcomed by members of the National Gendarmerie, his wife and son, and ruling-party Senator Patricia Bullrich, among others.
    A member of Argentina's Gendarmerie, Gallo was detained in late 2024 in a case that aggravated tensions between Argentine President Javier Milei and Venezuela's then-President Nicolas Maduro, before Maduro was captured in January by the United States and transferred to New York.
    "We express our most sincere thanks to Venezuelan Vice President Delcy Rodriguez," the Argentine Soccer Association (AFA), one of the mediators, said in a statement, adding that it recognized "the Venezuelan Federation of Soccer (FVF) for facilitating the contact that allowed this effort.”
    (Production: Miguel lo Bianco, Claudia Martini, Anna Portella)
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