# Carlos Graffe was detained after Cabello's televised targeting

Date: 2017

State agents detained Carlos Graffe roughly five weeks after [Cabello](/people/diosdado-cabello) had branded him a terrorist on television. The IACHR later concluded that the arrest was unlawful because there was no warrant and no flagrante delicto, and Human Rights Watch independently documented Graffe's detention during its investigation of the 2017 crackdown. [Organization of American States](https://www.oas.org/en/IACHR/jsForm/?File=%2Fen%2Fiachr%2Fmedia_center%2FPReleases%2F2024%2F028.asp\&utm_source=chatgpt.com)

## Drivers

- Cabello PSUV strongman and interior repression: https://factrail.ai/drivers/cabello-psuv-strongman

## Sources

- https://www.hrw.org/report/2017/11/30/crackdown-dissent/brutality-torture-and-political-persecution-venezuela
- https://www.oas.org/en/IACHR/jsForm/?File=%2Fen%2Fiachr%2Fmedia_center%2FPReleases%2F2024%2F028.asp

## Methodology

https://factrail.ai/methodology

Canonical: https://factrail.ai/facts/graffe-unlawful-detention-after-cabello-targeting-2017