May 18 (UPI) -- Carmen Teresa Navas, mother of Venezuelan political prisoner Víctor Hugo Quero Navas, died 10 days after authorities confirmed the death of her son while in Venezuelan state custody.

CARACAS, May 7 - Venezuela's government on Thursday confirmed that a detainee whose 82-year-old mother had spent more than a year searching for him had died last July, after a court this week rejected a bid to release him, citing the crimes he allegedly committed. Read more at straitstimes.com. Read more at straitstimes.com.