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The president of the Venezuelan parliament – in the majority of the opposition -, Juan Guaidó, was detained this Sunday for almost one hour by the Intelligence Service, an episode of which the government of Nicolás Maduro was not marked, ensuring that it was a "unilateral" action of the agents.
After being released by Sebin, he arrived in Caraballada, in the state of Vargas, 40 km from Caracas, to preside over an open cabildo that has collected hundreds of opponents. In his speech, the deputy reiterated the call made last Friday to a mobilization for January 23rd. "It will be a cry that will resonate throughout Venezuela and this is feared by the leadership of the thieves", which, he claimed, governs the country.
"A message to Miraflores (Presidential Palace): the game has changed, the city is on the road, here are the symbols of pressure, resistance, strength .. If they wanted to send us a message to hide, here is the response of the people. "He assured.
Shortly thereafter, the government dissociated itself from detention. "We learned that there had been an irregular situation in which a group of unilaterally acting officials conducted an irregular procedure," said Communications Minister Jorge Rodríguez.
According to the official, this served for a "media show", adding that intelligence agents (Sebin) "are fired and subjected to a more rigorous disciplinary procedure to determine whether they lend themselves to this type of situation".
"Then Maduro no longer controls the Armed Forces, because the chain of command was broken (…) who commands the regime today? If they already recognize that they do not control the state security agencies have a very serious problem in Miraflores", Guaidó answered.
After summoning that event, the prison services minister, Iris Varela, had threatened to imprison him, while Maduro attributed his statements to a "game of kids" that took control of Congress to destabilize it.
"We are not afraid"
"They will not be able to stop the impetus and strength of our people, the demand for change because we are becoming hungry," said the deputy, member of the Voluntary People's Party (VP), founded by the leader of the Leopoldo López opposition, in the municipality. House arrest. "We are not afraid", his followers responded. A video showing the operation in which Guaido was stopped by hooded agents and taken in a van became viral.
International condemnation
The secretary general of the Organization of American States (OAS), Luis Almagro, has expressed on Twitter his "absolute condemnation and rejection" of what he called "abduction" of Guaidó. "The international community must stop the crimes of Maduro and his henchmen," he said.
In a statement, the Argentine government said that "this episode ratifies the urgent need to restore the democratic order and respect for human rights in Venezuela"; while Chile also condemned the detention he described as "intimidation".
Several Latin American countries, including the far-right Brazilian government Jair Bolsonaro, have celebrated that Guaidó announced on Friday, after the Legislature declared Maduro "usurper", that the Constitution legitimizes him to assume power during the elections .
Chile condemned Sunday for almost one hour of Juan Guaidó, president of the opposition-controlled parliament of Venezuela, whom he described as "intimidation" in a statement by the foreign ministry.
"The government of Chile condemns in the strongest terms the arrest, this morning, for almost one hour, of the president of the National Assembly of Venezuela, the deputy Juan Guaidó, from the Venezuelan political police", said the document.
Chile has requested that the government of Nicolás Maduro "put an end to these acts of intimidation against the democratic opposition".
"Chile reiterates its solidarity, together with the Lima group and much of the international community, with the Venezuelan democrats who fight for freedom and democracy in their country," concluded the Chilean Foreign Ministry.
Colombia has condemned the "abduction"
In a press release, Colombia condemned the temporary "abduction" of the president of the National Assembly of Venezuela, Juan Guaidó by the hand of the guard of that country.
"Colombia strongly condemns the kidnapping, for a few hours, of the deputy Juan Guaidó, president of the National Assembly, the only legitimate and constitutionally elected body in Venezuela, perpetrated this morning by members of the Sebin, the political police of Nicolás Maduro regime ", the foreign ministry has informed.
The entity added that Colombia rejects any act of the "regime" of Nicolás Maduro against the freedom, security and integrity of the members of the National Assembly of Venezuela.
On the other hand, the Foreign Ministry reiterates that Colombia recognizes the National Assembly of Venezuela as a legitimate body and as a result Juan Guaidó as president. Guaidó said he was ready to take over the interim presidency of that country.
"Colombia ratifies its full recognition of the National Assembly, led by its president Juan Guaidó, as a democratically elected constitutional body in Venezuela, and supports the exercise of all its powers, including those deriving from Article 233 of the Constitution of the Bolivarian Republic.
They intercepted us on the Caracas highway "
Through an audio, the wife of Juan Guaidó, Fabiana Rosales, told how the facts were at the time when the Intelligence Service of Venezuela (Sebin) kidnapped the president of the National Assembly of Venezuela.
"About 40 minutes ago he was stopped by Sebin officials.We were going down to the town hall open in La Guaira and on the Caracas-La Guaira highway we were intercepted by two Sebin trucks with armed officers, with long hooded arms. trucks and forced them to get off. "He also referred to the way they treated the opposition deputy at the time of the arrest.
"They did not hit, but they told us they should take it away right away, they got him in handcuffs, they struggled and got his cell phone."
In the end Rosales said it happened the moment they took him away. "They took him away, they went back to El Limón and they went up to Caracas, then we lost track of intelligence officials."
Maintained by CNN and Caracol News
The intelligence service of Venezuela (Sebin) has held back yesterday for more than one hour two correspondents of international chains that covered the arrest of the president of the Parliament, of the majority of the opposition, Juan Guaidó, denounced the press union and the NGOs. Caracol correspondent Beatriz Adrián and Osmary Hernández of CNN were arrested when they reported the capture of Juan Guaidó in Plaza Venezuela.
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