The De Grazia brothers have been imprisoned for
908 days
Since their arrest by the DGCIM on April 19, 2024.
A documented statement of facts
Three brothers in prison since April 2024. Their banks and companies now have other owners.
Carmelo, Daniel and Levin De Grazia Suárez were arrested by the DGCIM, Venezuela's military counterintelligence agency, on April 19, 2024. While they were held incommunicado, Bancamiga, Compass Bank & Trust and seventeen other companies passed into the hands of José Simón Elarba and his circle.
April 19, 2024Day of the arrest
September 11, 2024Five months later
The case in a few lines
- April 19, 2024The DGCIM arrests Carmelo and Daniel. Levin turns himself in that day. The interrogations that follow focus on their assets, not on the charges.
- April 25, 2024They are brought before a court more than 120 hours after their arrest, when the Constitution sets 48 hours, and without being able to appoint lawyers of their choice.
- April to September 2024The DGCIM takes vehicles, cash, farms and businesses without a court order. Elarba takes control of Bancamiga and Compass Bank and gets seventeen more companies to change hands. Annex 3 Annex 7
- The chargesThey were accused of charging PDVSA commissions, operating a bank without a permit and conspiring against the exchange rate. The accompanying documents show that all three charges are false. Annex 1
- TodayAccording to the statement of facts, the brothers remain in prison at El Rodeo I, in a two-square-meter cell for about twenty-three hours a day.
Where to start
What follows summarizes the «Statement of Facts» submitted by the affected parties. Each claim refers to the annex that supports it where one exists.