What it's like being a political prisoner in Venezuela under Maduro

Marquez is 30 and a dual citizen of the United States and Venezuela. He was arrested in June while working for the political opposition and campaigning for a referendum to remove Maduro from office. He was in jail for a month before being charged with money laundering and conspiracy to incite violence. He says the prison conditions were dungeon-like. "Almost no sunlight, very dark, very humid. Full of mosquitoes. I actually got dengue fever," he says. Marquez says he spent most of the time in his jail cell. He said it was dirty and smelly. He got scabies, too. But that wasn't the worst of it. More…