Inés Margarita González Árraga (31 January 1973) is a Venezuelan former political prisoner, currently living in exile.

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González studied chemistry at the

University of Zulia The University of Zulia ( es, La Universidad del Zulia, also known as LUZ literally meaning "light" in Spanish), is a public university whose main campus is located in the city of Maracaibo, Venezuela. LUZ is one of the largest and most important ...

, later completing a master's degree at the

Venezuelan Institute for Scientific Research The Venezuelan Institute for Scientific Research (IVIC), or ''Instituto Venezolano de Investigaciones Cientificas'', is a scientific research institute and graduate training center in Venezuela founded by government decree on February 9, 1959. It h ...

and a

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at the

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in the United States. On 4 October 2014, she was detained by

Bolivarian Intelligence Service The Bolivarian National Intelligence Service ( es, Servicio Bolivariano de Inteligencia Nacional, SEBIN) is the premier intelligence agency in Venezuela. SEBIN is an internal security force subordinate to the Vice President of Venezuela since 201 ...

(SEBIN) officers for posting messages on

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about the death of ruling party deputy

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. She was initially indicted on charges of instigating hatred, violent insult and insulting a public official. Her lawyer argued that this could not be an instance of violent insult, because in order to commit the offense she would have had to be in presence of the official, whereas her tweets were posted when Serra was already dead. Subsequently, the charges of violent insult and insulting a public official were withdrawn by the Venezuelan authorities. González was held in

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, headquarters of the SEBIN in

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, until 16 November 2015, when she was granted the humanitarian measure of house arrest by the Criminal Chamber of the Supreme Tribunal of Justice after being diagnosed with a parauterine tumor. On 27 September 2017 González fled Venezuela claiming that government officials wanted to jail her again. She currently resides in Spain.

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