The Venezuelan has notified his freedom through a message on his Twitter account in which he has written: “I’m Free!” In another message, also on the bird’s social network, Iván Simonovis has written: “Today I am on the street, but soon I will be completely free when Venezuela is also free.” The Venezuelan has accompanied his second message with a photograph in which he appears next to a statue of the liberator Simón Bolívar in Washington, without it being clear at the moment how he has left the country. I AM FREE! – Iván Simonovis (@Simonovis) June 24, 2019 “I am on the street thanks to the efforts of many people, but especially that of active officials who are not at the service of tyranny,” explained the former commissioner. “They are on the right side: that of freedom and democracy for Venezuela,” he has defended. 15 years of arrest Simonovis was arrested in 2004 and sentenced to 30 years in prison for the clashes in Puente Llaguno, in Caracas, which preceded the attempt. coup d’état on April 11, 2002 against the government of Hugo Chávez, in which 19 people died. Venezuelan opponent IVán Simonovis poses at a statue of Simón Bolivar in Washington. Photo: Twitter In 2014, he was granted house arrest because of his health condition, although on the condition that he did not engage in “acts of political proselytism,” which includes not giving statements to the media. In mid-May, his wife , Bony Pertiñez, assured that Simonovis was “well away from home” after Guaidó announced his release on May 16.”Today was the release of Iván Simonovis, who had been kidnapped for years by a regime that does not respect rules,” Guaidó announced, explaining that he had been granted a “pardon” as he had already done with the opposition leader Leopoldo López, who was released on last April 30 and since then he has found a refugee in the residence of the Spanish ambassador in Caracas.
