For the Hernandez family, there was one loved one missing at this year’s holiday table. Eyvin Hernandez, 44, a beloved son, father and brother, was wrongfully detained in Venezuela in March 2022. His return home is obstructed by the current legal situation he faces in the South American country. Hernandez can face up to 16 years in prison after being charged with criminal association and conspiracy by the Venezuelan government. Today, Hernandez is being held in DGCIM, a maximum security military prison and one of the most notorious prisons in Cataratas, Venezuela.
Eyvin and friends at an immigrant rights protest in 2006.
Henry Martinez, Pedro Martinez, Drew Heavens with the Los Angeles County Public Defender Ricardo Garcia.
Hernandez’s family and friends call on the U.S. and Venezuelan governments to release Eyvin immediately.