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"Daddy, take this to sweeten things a little," reads blue ink on a chocolate bar wrapper. "We love you." Ángel Godoy received this message from his son, while being one of the hundreds of political prisoners arrested under President Nicolás Maduro and held in Venezuela's vast detention system, sometimes for years. Recently released detainees like him have described brutal conditions. More than 600 people have been released since Maduro was seized by US forces in a military operation at the start of January, but according to prisoners' rights group Foro Penal, hundreds more are still behind bars. BBC Mundo contacted Venezuela's attorney general, the ministry of information, and the ministry of defence for comment on the allegations made by former prisoners, but had not received a response by the time of publication. Tap the link in BBCNews's bio to see what Venezuela's interim president says will happen to El Helicoide, the jail where he was held. #Venezuela #Caracas #ElHeli...

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