"The world also knew that Maduro had declared himself a prisoner of war, that Delcy Rodriguez had assumed the role of interim president, and that Diosdado Cabello was patrolling the streets of Caracas to prevent unrest. But for the Venezuelans isolated in jails and prisons, the country remained the same. These are political and common detainees held in prisons like El Rodeo, El Helicoide, and El Atillo. Without access to telephones, radios, televisions, or newspapers, they learned the news a week."
"Despite the glass partition and the fact that he arrived in the visiting room hooded, she was able to tell him: Maduro is gone, the Americans took him and they're going to try him there. Delcy is the new president now. Her brother's eyes he is one of the 145 political prisoners at El Rodeo widened in shock, she recalls."
Prisoners in Venezuelan jails remained unaware of major political upheaval for days due to strict isolation from media and communications. The global image of Maduro being led in handcuffs and declaring himself a prisoner of war contrasted with life inside prisons, where detainees continued under the same conditions. Delcy Rodriguez assumed interim leadership and Diosdado Cabello patrolled Caracas while news reached prisoners only when families visited on Fridays and Saturdays. A visitor at El Rodeo 1 informed her brother that Maduro was gone, triggering shock among political detainees who had only vague hints beforehand.
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