The first words to Alberto Trentini’s family, in prison in Venezuela: “I take the medicines, I eat and hope to go home soon”

“I take the medicines, I eat and I hope to go home soon.” These are the words of Alberto Trentinithe 46 -year -old Venetian cooperative held for 181 days in a Venezuelan prison in parents in First short telephone interview after arrest. The call, the first from November 15, the date of the arrest of the Italian cooperative, is confirmed by the Presidency of the Council.

After all, Giorgia Meloni had assured that the government’s commitment would be silent and constant. And this is the first concrete result of a mediation away from the spotlight. Trentini has been detained in Venezuela since mid -November last while he was in the country for A mission with the Humanity NGO and inclusion To bring humanitarian aid to people with disabilities.

Alberto had arrived in Venezuela on October 17, 2024 and 15 November while going on a mission from Caracas to Guasdicito he was stopped at a checkpoint, together with the NGO driver. Non -charged heads against him have been officially formulated. A confidential source would have said that “to defend national sovereignty, any person with foreign citizenship, is a tourist, an entrepreneur or a humanitarian operator, if it spreads on social networks, such as Facebook or Whatsapp, messages against the government, is considered” suspend “, worthy of suspicion, from the state security system, which begins to investigate the foreign citizen”.

Meanwhile, in Venice the actions of the Committee do not stop to keep the attention on his case high. The petition for the liberation of the Venetian cooperative has exceeded 105 thousand signatures. The goal is immediate liberation, but also that the right to medical care and legal and consular assistance are guaranteed to Trentini. The Italian cooperative, in fact, has never been able to meet his lawyer. On Sunday 11 May, in addition, the water procession was held in Venice with 50 boats and 300 rowers with the Ralzaremi in front of the Basilica della Salute to ask for the release of Trentini in the presence of the national coordinator of the Article 21 Association Giuseppe Giulietti and the actress Ottavia Piccolo. Alberto Trentini’s mother a Direct He had underlined how it is essential to do quickly. “My husband has health problems, there are moments in which he took from despair repeats: who knows if I will be able to see Alberto who comes home free”.