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- El Helicoide was supposed to be an iconic shopping mall, but it's now one of Venezuela's most notorious political prisons and home to the country's feared secret police.
The BBC has been investigating the jail and has been able to reconstruct scenes from inside, based on accounts from former detainees and extremely rare interviews with former security officers, to paint a remarkable picture of life inside one of Venezuela's darkest places.
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I Wonder in decades later in there future, will there be a movie based on the events of Venezuela's economic crisis, takes place inside the Mall prison torture?
soyon manlai probably
Definitely.
Fat chance, Hollywood loves socialism
Probably not. How many movies about Holodomor and Stalinism, Mao Zedong genocides, Cuban dictatorship, Pol Pot genocides are there? Not many.
For men going out with their gfs, shopping malls are always torture prison
LOL
Even going there on your own is bloody awful!!
Tesla was in love with a bird.
Nikola Tesla lol, agreed
Oscar Ampensah Lol! The question is, how do you what is a ‘clutch’ and a ‘maxi dress’? You’re either a drag queen or you’ve been out with your woman for too many shopping trips!
The biggest resources in oil in the world and it looks like this. Insane
There government does not play ball with the west. Saudi arabia would look worse if they had similar ideology
@@calelliot3703 Well, admittedly, Saudi Arabia holds Mecca and Medina. Collapsing a country with such holy sites would invite the immediate annihilation of Israel and a state of total war involving nearly four billion people. The Venezuelans don't have any heads to keep a gun to for their safety.
@@UnclePutte true
When there are sanctions from the West, Venezuela will only trade with China and Russia. This is so stupid.
@@UnclePutte I said similar ideology but Saudi dont and are wests biggest supporter
"The Shopping Mall That Became A Torture Prison" - sounds like Ikea!
@Amanda A Agreed!
More like a maze
Scp 3008
Except without the dirrections
At least at Ikea you're immune to judgment when you finally do a faceplant into the "Mysinge" chaise lounge...
When the former gaurd said that the prisoners had to have proof that he beat them that made me so angry! Are they just gonna pull out there phone and take a selfie while they're getting beaten to death!?
Helicoide is one of the most renamed Concentration Camps / Torture Prison in Venezuela created by Chavez and Maduro. There are more than 20 of this concentrations camps around venezuela, where thousand of people is being held and torture everyday, without any access to legal court or health system. Maduro And chavez took old buildings and factories to create Vertical Concentration camps that can not be bee by satellites. Most of the family from people kept capture there not even know that they are there. Most of them must pay to jailers to give info to the families and to get food, cloth or even a shower. Maduro and Chavez are war criminals
So...the guard says that you can’t accuse him of anything without proof, but he helped imprison people who were accused to crime for simply being on the streets.
I really liked the reporters' interview style, she presented it really well with relevant information. Good job!
Socialism: *literally centuries long history of destroying nations*
Comments section: *sees socialist country destroy itself* "Clearly, this is the United States fault."
@Make Showers Golden Again
Both have socialist policies, neither of them are socialist countries.
I'd suggest you educate yourself on the difference between SOCIALISM and a SOCIALIST POLICY. America also has socialist policies with the most major being federal taxes which are used in defense and infrastructure, that doesn't make us socialist nation.
I know left leaning people are stupid but generally you guys at least make some kind of effort.
there are a lot of miss minded comments here. lets be clear GREED and corruption follow money....there are so many beautiful country`s that are being mismanaged.
Funny how the majority of countries in turmoil are swimming in oil... hey that rhymes
Venezuela could corner the market with the staggering amount of offshore oil they have. The way back to fortune for the people of Venezuela means breaking the iron curtain that keeps them isolated from outside trade.
Hugo Chavez really did a number on South America.
it looks like there's a cruise ship going through the town, lol
Cool building, sad that it ended up like this. More importantly, it's terrible that Venezuelans are going through such terrible circumstances. I wonder how this country is going to get through this. How can they get themselves out?
What a great timing for this! Now, can we have one on Guantanamo Bay, the Iraqi prisons during gulf storm 1 & 2 and for the hell of it something more current, the gulags in North Korea?
I want Maduro's head like Saddam Hussein's.
Justice must be served
Joao Tattoo You are so stupid.
if that day should come, you will be lining the streets with your fellow idiots with multinational chains around your lousy necks as your leader is dragged around for everyone to see. for a moment you will be happy, but before you realize what you had just lost, you will find yourself and your countrymen in a matrix. I hope there is enough heroin in the world to keep you blissfully happy until your last days on earth.
And then collapse the entire framework of Venezuela? I don’t like Maduro at all but sometimes it’s better to leave countries to make of their situation what they will. The most we can do for now is try and provide humanitarian aid through Columbia, but even now Maduro is inching closer to the border to cut off supplies to his own people.
Military intervention should be a last resort. We don’t need another endless power struggle like what happened in Iraq and we certainly shouldn’t waste the two hours it would take for the U.S. to take Caracas by force. Remember that we can, but likely won’t. Foreign policy 101.
@@seannotconnery8191 shut the fuck up dude, you contradic urself in the first 5 lines of ur comment just shut the fuck up desgusting dipshit
After ALL these years, what fortunate timing BBC!
It’s important to note this video is not titled, “maduro and Venezuela are bad” this is just a story on a given prison and if you interpret it as anti Venezuelan propaganda then maybe u have anti Venezuelan sentiments...
alejandro toruno it’s factual information of what results from an incompetent and corrupt regime. And shame on the countries who are condemning the nations that support the new president Guaido
How stupid you have be, for not seeing the truth underlined,... Donald trump having sexul affairs with a pornstar doesn't directly reflects his incapability of being a president, but it certainly creates a public opinion towards him.
In this instant, even if it is not mentioned as anti Venezuela, it certainly would create more positive public opinion towards America invading Venezuela, if it comes down to it in the future...
The way its portrayed is that its just venezuelans being picked up off the street. There's no mention of the actual terrorist plots against the government that landed many of the prisoners where they are.
@@ianh1504 Because it is people being plucked up by a dictatorship
Steal -> Go to Prison -> Treated like shit in prison -> get out as a hardened criminals
my grandparents and pretty much all young adults at the time (1950s) emigrated from Spain to Venezuela seeking a better life
Stalinism. Not even once.
this what happens when you give a bus driver an absolute power and control. he will ram the concrete.
Wouldn't you giving away their job titles, and making it public they quit kind of.... Reveal their identity?
coincidentally the girl who is narrating 3:22 about Venezuela's past looks like 1950's, 1960s, and 70s type. We can relate her to those old Bond movies, or the The Godfather :P
The lady who’s name is Blackmore 🤔😂
I want the mall to be like the Guggenheim and top it of with the skin of Spaceship Earth from Epcot..... 🤣 It really is a cool design though I love things that are functional.... The building looks like it has good feng shui.
Dirk Bornh, one of the architects, studied Japanese houses and zen: prodavinci.com/dirk-bornhorst-el-arquitecto/
a bunker buster right down through the roof should do the trick!
Looks more like a drift track to me
There is little food, water, and prisoners are dying either from starvation or disease because there are little or no medicines, so being in prison could be a death sentence - sanctions haven't helped or the fact that the oil production cannot be increased as the equipment is outdated with no investment possible - also the corruption and criminality of sections of the population via gangs, who are desperate to make money is so ingrained now, even in the police, it is hard to see how that can change - I do hope things improve over time
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Mantap
why do i think wedding cake when i see that building?
Yeah, something good to admire, hell on earth for those living there, an amusement park for the curious
Subtítulos please. .........
If one looks all the way back, this monument will one day meet the same fate as the Bastille in King Louis XVI’s France during the Revolution. Mark my words.
I wish all Venezuelans well. :(
any Venezuelan to verify the veracity of this video?
I live in brazil, i don't know what is happening but annoying who cans is leaving venezuela
Terribly sad
Seems to be even worse than the GDR
BuT iTs noT ReAl SoCiaLisM
It is not, it's oligarchic, and your keyboard is not working well BTW
Its commie capitalism. Sure most of industry is private but the businesses are so heavily regulated and taxed by government they really don't have control of their businesses or the economy the government does
Tabs r/woooosh
Tabs Perhaps, that’s because that is the government default, when a government collapses it always collapses into oligarchy.
Thats what happens when you try to turn a Utopian ideal into reality, it collapses
@@joshmartinez938 fuck reddit
Overcooked song?! At 2:58
Looks like they committed helicide
How the fuck does the ex-policeman expect s prisoner to have proof of him beating up someone? They didn't have anything yet they are expected to have proof. This is the type of bullshit excuse bad people say to get away.
Wait...that's illegal!
Even Prisoner don't deserve this way of imprisonment
I don't understand what makes people do these horrific and cruel acts towards each other-- You don't have to agree or like someone, but for god's sake.. Can we atleast NOT hurt each other? It's fine, we can agree that we don't agree on alot of things, but can we please agree on that we don't have to harm, hurt and kill each other.
well basing the economy mostly on oil then It Is way bad/stupid. If you base 90% of Income on oil then with current prices that have dropped to much then you know what happens,
Doubt that was ever intended to be a shopping mall.
Why do you doubt it?
@@zacharywilson9596 It’s about connecting the dots. Too complex for a simple answer.
@@SusanDianeHowell I see, and I understand, I think.
Great job BBC. 👍🌈 🏴 🇻🇪
disgraceful.
Welcome to venuzuelia...
And the media go’s to work .
Fuck mohammed and allah
You don't agree, you disappear.
Why Venezuela?
You need to do voice over for the Spanish. A lot of people are on their phone and do not want to look up to read. I know it sounds awful but come on you know we multi task.
Lately BBC's cinematography feels a lot more like vox's
really makes you think 🤔
feels more like Vice
SeanNotConnery all media is controlled by the same people
@@Ahhtheserenity Aaaah yes.
gee i'm sure glad that US prisons are beacons of human rights and safety
it's worth mentioning UK prisons are terrible too.
Prison are terrible in every single country. It’s because its supposed to deter crime
As long as the US is allowed to have the Guantamo torture prison, no one else is allowed to talk about other countries that have them. The US is 1st world developed nation and still commits horrific amounts of human rights violations and war crimes.
Guantanamo bay?
This could happen to the USA or Canada
If your changing voices and appearance and the story is in English why not just do an English voice over for those parts at least.
Criminals have no rights!
Plus I don't like how people are trying to show how bad Venezuela if so they can remove the govt or just roll the democracy tanks in. Oh yeah Venezual has the biggest "extractable" oil fields. This all sounds way to familiar.
so it was never a shopping mall.... it was used by the government since the building is finished....
Up next: BBC examines Rikers followed by Guantanamo prisons....😴
Quite a thumbnail
Hm why tell the story now.
Becasue it's a current topic... It's how the news works in every country
sol, you think this is new?
More about the title... the mall and its history. Less torture!
This comment section make me think again my choice of living a little bit longer on my life...
Muduro is a corrupt dictator,what kind of a man turns his country into a starving populace after so much wealth the country has,the world needs to sort out these murderous despots around the globe bring them to book,this world is truly fucked up,my thoughts are with you Venezuela,hope you find peace soon,one love.
Venezuela should learn to code
daamn
So horrible
I heard of this before. This is horrible. But you shouldn't picture the military dictatorship as a heaven though.
Brave man he is to show his face in front of the camera. For freedom. 自由.
tranquility base hotel and casino
BBC's gone a bit of the Ross Kemp.
The Ministry of Love
😔
Ok. Why is a Venezuelan interviewing a Brit about the history of Venezuela?
Because you don’t need to be from a nation to have studied its history, and the UK produces some of the best educated people on the planet so why not. Not to mention they interviewed a lot of Venezuelans in this video...
because maybe the Venezuelan is not a historian so she would not be a credible source for information
Why this video now on 31st jan after Gauido is American President for Venezuela..Do u think we viewers believe every story u show .BBC is UK n UK is with America in this...
You’re clearly a Russian bot.
Fuck off
Zachary Wilson the western troll
sorta remind me of russia under stalin's rule
Talks like British don't have prison
British civilian prisoners are given fair trials. True I am not in Britain but I am sure a country as open as Britain would have been caught years ago arresting random people on the streets if not by News but by tourist and foreign workers in that country
Any coverage of the Tommy Robinson Pandrama documentary ??? How has this just been ignored😡😡
Everybody knows Guantanamo is bad ass than this 🤨
Looks cool as fuck
just another feature or marxism
I'm just here waiting for the inevitable "America is to blame for this" comment war.
Hurricane , , , During most part of the 20 century dictators in Venezuela were imposed by u , s , a , Governments
Vice
The reporter is pretty cute
BBC care about capitalising their brand and if they had to make a controversial stance to stand for the people , they wouldn’t . Closer to a political party then a community
How macaroni treat his democratic people
😭😭😭 wtf
needs a good ol' french style revolution
because that turned out great......
Looks like a great FOB for the US Army 👍
I think venuzueala needs a taste of democracy and freedom
And bombs ... Many many bombs
For now western media will only see the negative side of Venezuela ,lol
There is no positive side.
Sounds like the U.S.A
OIL.
This is horrible, Venezuela really need to fix its Politic System
Felice Dimensions good idea! I don’t think anyone else has thought about that.
Damn. Well spotted ..have you figured it out on your own?
@@logansmith3211 are you guys say that sarcasticly or.....
This happen because they elect uneducated leaders. Sure, nobody want a mob strolling/destroying the street, we all hate it, but their leader is clueless, have zero understanding of human right; you can't just imprison people first before getting confession... and in Philippines, same, you don't like drug dealer, but you can't just shoot people without confirming they're guilty.... this is what happen when leaders didn't go to school. You can see same thing in US too now the president is absent minded.
In US, now, there's ICE taskforce detaining foreigner/immigrants away from their home, and border security detaining children away from their family. This all because people elect a dumb leader... it was fine before, it was same law, same political system, but different politicians.
*oil*
*is*
*freedom*
It’s ok guys don’t worry daddy Orwell will save all of us
Torture shopping mall is nazbol