A fleeing Venezuelan sergeant asks for asylum

WILLEMSTAD - A fleeing Venezuelan sergeant is behind bars in the special barracks for illegal aliens of the Curaçao (SDKK) prison. Together with a Venezuelan official who has also fled, he has applied for asylum.

In a telephone conversation with a journalist, the sergeant says he was brutally treated by the police, who even threatened to send him to the Venezuelan consulate. Refugee organization UNHCR and Amnesty International have been informed.