Inmate who had to regain his freedom in June died during a massacre at the Litoral Penitentiary, denounces the Committee for the Defense of Human Rights

Among the 120 prisoners murdered in the Litoral Penitentiary on September 28, there is Leonardo González, an inmate who had to regain his freedom in June after serving an eight-month sentence for carrying 18 grams of marijuana and 1.4 grams of cocaine.

That is the complaint of the Permanent Committee for the Defense of Human Rights (CDH), a body that this Monday will organize a call in the Council of the Judiciary to demand justice and reparation for the family of the 31-year-old man known as Clover (stage name).

The death toll in the prison massacre increased to 119, 100 have been identified

According to the CDH, González was a hiphop singer and dancer. His arrest took place on October 17, 2020. The entity indicated that Clover he pleaded guilty to take advantage of the abbreviated system and be released as soon as possible.

“He served his sentence and despite his family’s multiple requests to the judge to issue his release ballot, he remained in arbitrary detention for four more months until the day of his death,” said in a statement released by the Committee for the Defense of the Human rights.

In the brief, it was mentioned that the last request to issue the ballot was presented by González’s wife on September 27, however, she only entered on September 29.

The massacre in late September followed clashes between criminal gangs fighting for power. (I)