# Venezuela says 131 political prisoners freed amid post-Maduro talks

https://mins.news/en/item/22701

- Al Jazeera, 2026-08-15 02:08 UTC
- Politics
- Original: https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/8/15/venezuela-says-131-political-prisoners-freed-amid-post-maduro-talks?traffic_source=rss

> Venezuela’s interim government says 131 people considered political prisoners have been released under alternative measures to incarceration. US Secretary of State Marco Rubio called the move a crucial step toward reconciliation, while opposition groups verified only part of the releases and demanded that all political prisoners be freed.

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