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France secured the release of Camilo Castro, a French‑Chilean yoga teacher detained in Venezuela, turning his joyful return into both a diplomatic victory and a civic‑spiritual symbol of peace.
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France secures release of Camilo Castro held in Venezuela

16 November 2025
@franceinfo 🔴 Libération du Français Camilo Castro au Venezuela : "Il a été arrêté parce qu'il était français", affirme le beau-père de l'ex-détenu arrivé à Orly. #canal16 #sinformersurtiktok ♬ son original - Franceinfo

🦜 Echoes of Paradise

Castro’s words at Orly — a prayer for peace and abundance — find a musical mirror in Monsieur Periné’s Jardín del Paraíso. With Bejuco’s Afro‑Pacific rhythms, the song celebrates nature’s resilience and the rebirth of peace after conflict. Together, the civic chant of a freed man and the ecological hymn of a Colombian band remind us that liberty and harmony bloom again, even after exile or war.

🎶 🌍🦙🌋📖🌿🤲🏽🏞️🌞🕊️🔥🇨🇴 🔊 Jardín del Paraíso - Monsieur Periné ft. Bejuco



France has secured the release of Camilo Castro, a French‑Chilean yoga teacher detained in Venezuela.

His freedom marks both a moment of relief for his family and a diplomatic success for Paris.

✈️ Arrival in Paris

Paris, Orly — On Sunday afternoon, a tired but smiling man crossed the airport gates. Camilo Castro, 41, a French‑Chilean yoga teacher living in Colombia, had just regained his freedom after four months of detention in Venezuela.

🚧 Disappearance at the Border

His journey began as a simple border crossing to renew a Colombian visa. But on June 26, at the Paraguachón checkpoint, he vanished. Venezuelan authorities accused him of being a foreign agent. His family, Amnesty International, and civic collectives denounced what they called a policy of “forced disappearances” used as diplomatic leverage.

🇫🇷 Diplomatic Victory

On Sunday, French diplomacy secured his release. Foreign Minister Jean‑Noël Barrot was present at Orly to welcome him. President Emmanuel Macron praised “France’s quiet determination”: “This is how we protect our own.”

🕊️ Words of Peace

At the airport, Castro spoke with a voice filled with both joy and spirituality: “May all beings live free from suffering, in peace, love, and abundance.” His words echoed his yoga practice but also resonated like a civic chant — the kind of collective language you explore in your articles, where peace becomes a horizon and freedom a shared breath.

❤️ Family’s Emotion

His mother, Hélène Boursier, described an “unimaginable emotion,” stronger than any ordinary joy. His stepfather reminded everyone that “one does not leave prison on the day of release”: it will take time to readjust, to find rhythm again.

#ParisArrival ✈️ #PeaceAndFreedom 🕊️ #FrenchDiplomacy 🇫🇷 #FamilyRelief ❤️ #CivicResonance 🌍

Peace Bloom 🌿

The Metta Mantra Moment
Camilo Castro’s words at Orly — “May all beings live free from suffering, in peace, love, and abundance” — were not improvised. They echo a traditional metta (loving‑kindness) meditation mantra from Buddhist practice, which he often used in his yoga teaching. By choosing that phrasing at the moment of his release, he deliberately framed his personal freedom as part of a wider civic and spiritual message — turning a diplomatic event into a collective chant for peace. This hidden layer shows how his liberation story is not only political but also a cultural act of reclaiming voice, blending spirituality with civic resonance.

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