Venezuelans despair at smears, stigmatization and arbitrary arrests

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Juan Carlos Marrufo Capozzi, an electrician and former soldier from Valencia, Venezuela, and his wife Maria Auxiliadora Delgado Tabosky, were at home when agents from the South American country's military intelligence unit barged in.

Soldiers with rifles sifted through their paperwork and hard drives, before taking the couple away, leaving Marrufo's distraught teenage daughter from a previous marriage behind. That was in March 2019, and they haven't tasted freedom since.