Leocenis Manuel GARCÍA OSORIO

Image Credit: Facundo1618/WikkiCommons

Leocenis Manuel García Osorio, a Venezuelan journalist, writer, and political activist, spent 2025 in incommunicado detention at El Rodeo I, a detention centre in Miranda state under the control of the Directorate of Military Counterintelligence. He was detained on 11 September 2024 by SEBIN agents after posting a video on social media accusing the government of violating the Constitution following the 28 July presidential elections. In October 2024, the IACHR granted precautionary measures in his favour, in the belief that he was facing a serious, urgent risk of suffering irreparable harm to his rights. 

Leocenis García Osorio, born in 1981, is the founder of the weekly news magazine 6to Poder. He has authored numerous articles, essays, and books, including Estamos Unidos (2022) and La Rebelión de los Tejones (2019), focused on politics and human rights.  

Update

PEN International learned that García Osorio was conditionally released on 8 February 2026.