Venezuela: House by prison for Commissioner Iván Simonovis, a prominent opposition symbol
20 September 2014image source, News 24caption, Simonovis is considered one of the most prominent "political prisoners" by the Venezuelan opposition.Commissioner Iván Simonovis, one of the most prominent figures of the Venezuelan opposition in prison, was sent home to jail this Saturday due to his health condition.Simonovis was security secretary of the Caracas mayor's office (then in the hands of the opposition) in 2002, when a brief coup d'état removed President Hugo Chávez from power for a few hours.In 2009, a court sentenced him and two other senior police officers -Henry Vivas and Lázaro Forero- to 30 years in prison for…
