Three men arrested during gay sauna raid in Venezuela released from jail
Three men who police in Venezuela’s Carabobo state arrested when they raided a gay sauna on July 23 have been released from jail.
Officers in Valencia, the country’s third largest city, arrested 33 people during the July 23 raid. Ricardo Hung of Alianza Lambda de Venezuela, a Venezuelan LGBTQ and intersex rights group, previously told the Washington Blade the arrests took place “without a search warrant, without due process” and violated “the fundamental rights of 33 Venezuelan adults who were in full use of their mental and physical faculties.” A local media report indicated an “orgy” was taking place during a “sex party” at the sauna when the raid took place.
Another published account indicates one of the participants who police arrested lives with HIV, and party organizers planned to sell videos of the men having sex they recorded.
A local media report indicated an “orgy” was taking place during a “sex party” at the sauna when the raid took place. Another published account indicates one of the participants who police arrested lives with HIV, and party organizers planned to sell videos of the men having sex they recorded.
