While criminal accountability worldwide is personal and individual, Venezuelan Attorney General Isaías Rodríguez said he is seeking legal mechanisms to make private media stand trial for their actions during the events in Venezuela in 2002.

"We have been working very hard on the possibility to categorize a crime perpetrated by a corporation. We are in a preparation phase as to the likely crimes the media outlet could perpetrate. We do not want to make any further comments, as they could be used against us to say that we continue to persecute the media because the media are enemies of the President of the Republic, of the Supreme Tribunal of Justice and the Attorney General Office," said Rodríguez in his radio show.

Rodríguez underscored that the crimes for which newspapers and radio and TV stations could be prosecuted are described in articles 29, 43 and 44 of the Venezuelan Constitution. Under these provisions, offenses against human right perpetrated by authorities shall be investigated and shall not be subject to statute of limitation; the right to life is inviolable and personal freedom shall not be limited, except by virtue of the law.
 
He conceded, however, that laws are worded in a way that "unfortunately they purport to class (offenses) for individuals, claiming that legal persons do not have blood, nerves or flesh, and therefore they cannot perpetrate crimes."