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President of Venezuela, Nicolas Maduro announced on Saturday that 2,000 people had been detained. in protests against the official results of the presidential elections, in which the National Electoral Council (CNE) declared the president the winner.

“We have 2,000 prisoners in captivity and from there They are sent to Tokoron and Tokuyito (prisons).“, maximum punishment, justice. This time there will be no forgiveness, this time there will be no forgiveness, this time there will be Tocoron,” the president told supporters marching in Caracas on Saturday.

Maduro claimed that the actions of those detained were “very serious,” so, according to him, there will be “complete justice.”

The president accused the detained protesters of allegedly burn down the polling centers, as well as the regional headquarters of the CNE.

“Everyone confesses, everyone, because there was a strict legal process under the leadership of the Prosecutor General’s Office of the Republic, with full guarantees, and everyone was convicted and recognized,” he added.

On Thursday, Maduro ordered the detention of those detained by the protests in Venezuela to be locked up in these two prisons, against the election results that confirmed him as the winner, which was questioned by the majority of the opposition and a significant part of the international community.

“I am preparing two prisons, that I have to be ready in 15 days, they are already preparing (Tocoron and Tocuyito), and all the guarimberos (violent protesters) are going to these prisons, he assured then during a meeting with businessmen, in which he repeated that those detained were part of a coup d’état against him.

Meanwhile, relatives of those detained during the protests and a number of NGOs reported that The state does not allow them to use private protection. and maintain contact with their families.

Stefania Migliorini, legal coordinator of the non-governmental organization Foro Penal, told the agency on Thursday. EFE What Some of the captured people are facing “terrorism trials” and without access to private attorneys.

The non-governmental organization Foro Penal is counting from Monday until 15:00 local time on Saturday. 939 arrested related to the protests, including 90 teenagers, as well as 11 dead civilians and one soldier.

For its part, the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR) condemned the “arbitrary” detention of protestersincluding arrests on the day of a mobilization announced on Saturday by the opposition to denounce alleged fraud in last Sunday’s presidential election.