Susana Virginia Barreiros Rodríguez (born 11 July 1981) is a Venezuelan judge, most notable for leading the case and sentencing against the opposition leader Leopoldo López.
She was provisionally designated as Public Defender of Venezuela in 2015,[1] until her resignation, which saw the role being given to Carmen Marisela Castro on 8 January 2019.
This led to Barreiros gaining control of the First District Court of the Criminal Judicial Circuit of the Metropolitan Area of Caracas.
[3] Barreiros has been in charge of many cases linked with banking institutions: in January 2014 she sentenced José Nicolás Tovar Jiménez, Ramón Heraldo Paredes and Laejandro Néstor Tineo Salas after discovering falsified notes of the former Agricultural Development Bank (BANDAGRO).
[4][5] The sanctions were for behaviors that undermined democracy after at least 125 people will killed in the 2017 Venezuelan protests and "in response to the government of Venezuela's deepening descent into dictatorship"; Chrystia Freeland, Foreign Minister said, "Canada will not stand by silently as the government of Venezuela robs its people of their fundamental democratic rights".