Arrest/detention/charges: Arrest/detention under other laws
Carolina Villanueva, reporter of the Noticias 24 Mundo digital platform, was detained for over 3 hours when trying to take public transport from Guatire to Caracas, where she works. Police officers forced her off the vehicle, took her identity card, and told her they were detaining her under orders they had received. After 4 hours, they let her go and asked her if she now understood that she, as a journalist, was not in one of the prioritized sectors under COVID-19 regulations. The officers threatened to take her into police custody.