Carlos Ortega

Carlos Ortega Carvajal is a Venezuelan trade union and political leaders. Because of its role in the general strike in 2002, he was sentenced to nearly 16 years' imprisonment. On 13 August 2006 he escaped from prison.

In 2001 he was elected leader of the CTV ( Confederación de Trabajadores de Venezuela), who at the time the largest trade union in Venezuela. The legality of the election result was challenged and the Supreme Court refused their recognition, but Ortega remained chairman of CTV. In April 2002, under the leadership of Carlos Ortega, the CTV declared a general strike. This followed as a reaction to the perceived by him "enhanced dictatorial " approach of Venezuelan President Hugo Chávez. This led to a protest march to the presidential palace Miraflores. Through those riots 19 people were killed and President Chavez was shortly removed from office.

Between December 2002 and February 2003 led CTV and FEDECAMARAS by a community strike. Hugo Chávez led towards the end of 2002, a complete state control over PDVSA. As a result, Hugo Chávez was the make it aimed Hugo Chavez from office with a 2 -month-long strike face ( Began on December 2, 2002). The strike, led by the CVT, business associations and oil workers, aimed to force the president to resign.

After indictment against Ortega was collected, was granted on 14 March 2003 by the Embassy of Costa Rica asylum. Ortega left the country on 27 March 2003. The residence of Costa Rica has been revoked on 30 March 2004, because Ortega did not come with the provisions of which have been imposed on him in the asylum. Then he left Costa Rica. On March 1, 2005, nearly a year after his exile to Costa Rica, Ortega was arrested at a nightclub in Caracas. Carlos Ortega was wearing at the time of arrest, according to the police director a fake ID, but his identity was proven by a subsequent fingerprint comparison.

On 14 December 2005 Carlos Ortega was due to its role in the general strike, in which it, inter alia, to numerous thefts and sabotage came in oil refineries, including convicted of incitement to criminal acts and falsification of identity documents to a prison sentence of nearly 16 years. He escaped from the Ramo Verde Peniteniary with three accomplices ( Jesús Faría Rodríquez, Darío Rodríguez and Rafael Faría Faría Villasmil ) on August 13, 2006. Carlos Roa, Ortega 's lawyer, expressed his surprise about this incident and doubts its truth.