The dissident Pedro Urruchurtu Noselli reported that this Saturday afternoon, shortly before 7:00 p.m. local time, hooded officials of the Directorate of Strategic and Tactical Actions of the Bolivarian National Police Corps (DAET) and the Bolivarian National Intelligence Service (SEBIN) appeared in the vicinity of the Argentine embassy in Caracas con long weapons y They surrounded the diplomatic headquarters.
The agents of the Chavista dictatorship also They cut off access to the street, “drones fly over and block the mobile signal”in a new attempt to intimidate the six opponents who, for months, have been held in the basement political asylum for the persecution of the Nicolás Maduro regime and the refusal to grant them safe conduct to guarantee their safe exit from the country.
The Venezuela Command, which brings together the opposition, immediately alerted the world of what was happening and demanded an end to these actions. “Enough of the persecution NOW!”he wrote along with a video in which a patrol car with its lights on is parked in front of the establishment. Likewise, the opposition leader Edmundo González Urrutia warned “the world of what could happen to fellow refugees at the Argentine Embassy in Caracas”, which “are being besieged by hooded people”.
The Argentine Foreign Ministry He also spoke out on the matter and condemned the images coming from Caracas. “The deployment of armed troops, the closure of streets around our Embassy and other maneuvers constitute a disruption of security that must be guaranteed to diplomatic headquarters in accordance with international lawas well as those who have requested diplomatic asylum,” said the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Javier Milei, who took the opportunity to urge the international community to condemn these practices, thank Brazil for its efforts to protect its interests in the country and reaffirm its commitment to the “defense of human rights, respect for international standards and the safety of those in a situation of asylum”.
The last incident of this style occurred in September, when the situation escalated at the diplomatic level, even straining the relationship with Brazil.
On the night of the 6th of that month, the Democratic Unitary Platform denounced that the group of dissidents was being siege victim by officials of the Chavista security forces, who presented themselves with patrols, hooded y armed. The actions continued throughout the night and into Saturday, when the opponents added that, by then, they were without power.
“6:30 am. At the Argentine Embassy in Venezuela guarded by Brazil, the electricity is cut off and access to the headquarters is taken.“, warned Magalli Meda, María Corina Machado’s campaign manager for the last elections, a victim of this persecution.
This siege, however, was not enough for the regime that, that same day, also decided revoke the permission that had been granted to Brazil to guard the diplomatic establishmentafter Buenos Aires and Caracas broke their relations due to the authoritarian management of the Miraflores Palace.
“Venezuela is forced to make this decision motivated by the evidence available regarding the use of the facilities of that diplomatic mission for the planning terrorist activities and assassination attempts against the Constitutional President of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela, Nicolás Maduro Moros, and against the Executive Vice President, Delcy Rodríguez Gómez, by the fugitives from Venezuelan justice who remain inside it“The Chavista Foreign Ministry then indicated in a statement, alluding to alleged plans by the opponents against senior officials of the regime.
The Government of Lula da SilvaHowever, it rejected the unilateral decision and assured that it would remain firm in the defense and protection of the building. “The Brazilian Government received with surprise the announcement by the Venezuelan Government that it intends to revoke its consent for Brazil to protect Argentine interests in Venezuela. In accordance with the Vienna Conventions on Diplomatic and Consular Relations, Brazil will remain in charge of the custody and defense of Argentine interests until the Argentine Government designates another State acceptable to the Venezuelan Government to perform these functions,” Itamaraty indicated in a writing.
There are asylum seekers in the Embassy Urruchurtu Noselli, Meda, the former deputy Omar Gonzalezmember of Voluntad Popular (VV); Claudia MaceroVV Communications Coordinator; Humberto Villaloboselectoral coordinator of the VV Campaign Command; and the former minister Fernando Martínez Mottolaadvisor to the Democratic Unitary Platform (PUD), the main opposition bloc, all accused of a variety of crimes, including, “conspiracy” y “betrayal of the country”.
