Venezuela has released nearly 2,200 people under new amnesty law, lawmaker says

Feb 23 (Reuters) – Nearly 2,200 people have been released from Venezuelan jails since the start of a new amnesty law, lawmaker Jorge Arreaza said on Monday. 

Arreaza is president of a commission set up to monitor the implementation of the law, which came into effect on Friday.

(Reporting by Reuters, Writing by Daina Beth Solomon, Editing by Iñigo Alexander)

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