The Argentine gendarme Nahuel Gallo it emerged this week a year as an illegal prisoner in Venezuela, and for this reason, this Thursday, the Minister of Security, Alejandra Monteoliva, received his family in her office and warned: “His arrest is a fact.” inadmissible and we won’t stop until he comes home.
On Wednesday, Argentina condemned Gallo’s detention before the Organization of American States (OAS): “A fact.” unfair and incompatible with the law international”.
The Chavista regime of Venezuela, which is at the top today Nicolas Maduro It can be said that there are several open battle fronts, but there is at least one of them where it is unrelenting: the arrest of Nahuel Gallo, the Argentine gendarme who, on December 8, 2024, tried to enter Venezuelan territory from the border with Colombia to visit relatives and was arrested by the Bolivarian authorities. Since then his whereabouts have been unknown.
This Thursday, a few days after the end of exactly that period, a year, the Minister of National Security, under whose jurisdiction the gendarmerie that makes up Gallo is located, received family members in her office, to whom she promised to redouble her efforts. “He was illegally detained in Venezuela by the Maduro regime. His detention is an unlawful act and a direct violation of his freedom. Today we welcome his family because in Argentina we do not abandon our family: we will not stop until Nahuel comes home,” the minister wrote on her official X account.
Monteoliva, who recently took over as secretary of the portfolio, was previously involved in the ministry’s efforts as secretary, the right-hand man and number two to Patricia Bullrich, whom she later succeeded. Both this ministry and others in the Argentine executive branch claim active accusations before various international organizations to obtain Gallo’s release, such as the Inter-American Court of Human Rights (IACHR), the International Criminal Court or the United Nations Human Rights Council.
It has been a year since Nahuel Gallo, our gendarme, was illegally arrested in Venezuela by the Maduro regime.
His detention is an unlawful act and a direct violation of his freedom.
Today we welcome his family, because in Argentina we will not abandon our family: we will not… pic.twitter.com/K3EvktSXrf
— Alejandra Monteoliva (@AleMonteoliva) December 11, 2025
One of those efforts is the complaint confirmed Wednesday by Argentina’s ambassador Carlos Cherniak, Representative of the country before the OASwho argued before the Organization’s Permanent Council: “The situation of First Corporal Nahuel Gallo, who remains illegally detained, without judicial guarantees or access to his family, constitutes an arbitrary and unjustified detention by the Venezuelan authorities.”
“As one year has passed since the unlawful detention of the Argentine citizen Nahuel Gallo, the Government of the Argentine Republic expresses its approval resolute rejection of this unjust and incompatible act with international lawCherniak added.
“The Argentine government will continue to accompany the relatives of Nahuel Gallos in this unfortunate situation will not relent in his efforts to secure his release and its immediate return to our country,” emphasized the Argentine ambassador, in line with the statements made by Minister Monteoliva hours later, this Thursday.
PEACE only exists in connection with FREEDOM.
They must release Nahuel Agustín Gallo NOW, who has been innocently, unlawfully and arbitrarily detained in Venezuela for 368 days.
Without communication with his family, in complete violation of his human rights, fundamental rights and… pic.twitter.com/UeeFxB9LS9
— Maria Alexandra Gomez (@gg_alexand95764) December 11, 2025
María Alexandra Gómez, Gallo’s wife, also protested This Thursday from her social networks: “Peace only exists in connection with freedom.” They must now release Nahuel Agustín Gallo, who is innocently, illegally and arbitrarily detained in Venezuela for 368 days. No communication with his familyin total violation of their human rights, fundamental rights and due process.”
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