A woman identified as Marielys del Carmen Yedr, who lives in Venezuela, was arrested over the weekend on suspicion of advertising the sale of human kidneys on Facebook.
The Venezuelan government’s attorney general, Tarek William Saab, gave details of the case on Twitter and said that the woman charged up to $20,000 per organ. That is, the amount charged was approximately R$ 94 thousand.
“After making publications in which he illegally offered a kidney worth 20 thousand dollars on the Marketplace, it was determined to search for one of the people who made this type of offer”, explained the prosecutor in his personal profile.
1) # seized in Portuguese Marielys del Carmen Yedra to be # imputed for him @MinpublicoVEN: Publications site in which they illegally offered through *Marketplace* a kidney for the amount of 20,000$ pic.twitter.com/Fhek56Rww4
— Tarek William Saab (@TarekWiliamSaab) April 17, 2022
At the time of the arrest, the advertisements of the organs were found on the suspect’s cell phone, proving that she was really involved in the crime.
The prosecutor also informed that the local Public Ministry started an investigation to find out if she was acting alone or if there is a criminal network behind all this.
Before the arrest, Venezuelan rescuer Delmiro de Barrio had already gone viral, last Friday (15), denouncing to followers images of the ads he found on social media.
Among the offers he found, he even had “a 15-year-old girl’s kidney in perfect condition”.
Also according to the rescuer, there are several posts available on the platform selling kidneys. And the worst part is that they would only be removed when reported.
Now on the Marketplace page they sell riñones, sí, así como lo leen.
According to me by DM, there is a large number of advertisements where we offer riñones on this page.
Even in one of the publications you can read “Riñón de niña de 15 anos en perfecto estado”. pic.twitter.com/gznE7ONqrU
— Delmiro De Barrio (@DelmiroDeBarrio) April 15, 2022