Through the Venezuelan attorney general and executing arm of Chavismo Tarek William Saab,
the Nicolás Maduro regime arrested two opposition leaders
this Wednesday.
This is Henry Alviárez, national coordinator of Vente Venezuela (VV), the formation of opposition leader
María Corina Machado
.
And from former representative Dignora Hernández, from the same political force.
In addition, the arrest of seven other leaders close to
the recently banned presidential candidate
was ordered .
They are all accused of planning
"violent", "terrorist" and "destabilizing" actions
with the aim of "forcing" the registration of Machado's candidacy in the next presidential elections on July 28.
The opponent was elected in primaries as the standard bearer of the main opposition coalition, but she was
disqualified from competing
due to a sanction from the Venezuelan Comptroller's Office.
Without explaining more details about the charges against these two people, Saab said that both were captured "
because of what
Emil Brandt," a
regional head
of Machado's campaign command, who was
arrested at the beginning , has confessed.
March
for being "incriminated" in "violent" and "terrorist" plans against the Government.
In a televised appearance, the Chavista prosecutor showed a video with Brandt's confession, in which he talks about the plans to
generate "riots
", in coordination with some military deserters who are abroad, to "
subvert the State
, generating destabilizing actions".
In parallel, the videos of the arrests emerged.
In the case of former deputy Hernández, she can be heard
screaming for help
while agents from the fearsome Bolivarian Intelligence Service (Sebin) capture her and put her in a car.
Seven leaders of the opposition force Vente Venezuela have already been detained in the last two months, while the Prosecutor's Office announced this Wednesday that it plans to arrest
seven other people close to Machado
, including his communications chief, Claudia Macero, and former deputy Omar González. Moreno and Magaly Meda, the anti-Chavista campaign manager.
According to the Chavista version, the opponents were planning "attacks on military installations", as well as "demonstrations and street violence" ahead of the July elections, in which Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro
will seek a third consecutive six-year term in power
.
Despite the disqualification, Machado insists that he will try to register his candidacy, supported by the majority opposition, between March 21 and 25, the period established by the National Electoral Council (CNE) for this task.
News in development.
D.S.