Venezuelan opposition chief Maria Corina Machado on Wednesday denounced the arrest of her safety chief 11 days earlier than the July 28 presidential election, including to the arrest of tons of of different members of her staff to date this 12 months.
That is Milciades Ávila, a former police officer who has been in Machado’s service for 10 years, who “was kidnapped by the regime” and has been accused of “gender violence towards girls,” Machado wrote on the social community X.
“I’m warning the world concerning the escalation of repression by (President Nicolás) Maduro towards those that work on the marketing campaign or assist us wherever within the nation,” he added.
Vente Venezuela, the opposition get together, denounced that cops “forcedly entered the home the place (Ávila) was, violating all authorized procedures.”
Machado says she and opposition presidential candidate Edmundo González have been attacked by a gaggle of feminine Chavista activists whereas they have been at a sandwich store in La Victoria (north-central), getting back from a marketing campaign rally.
The ladies have been making an attempt to heckle González, Machado and their staff, in response to movies posted on social media. The mayor of that metropolis later adorned them and the institution was closed down like many others which have served the opposition chief.
“This act was a deliberate provocation to depart us with out safety 11 days earlier than July 28. Maduro has made violence and repression his marketing campaign,” Machado added.
Three days in the past, the opposition reported 9 extra arrests in 4 states of the nation. The NGO Foro Penal, devoted to the protection of political prisoners, reported on Tuesday that they’ve counted 102 arrests linked to the opposition marketing campaign.
Maduro, who’s searching for a 3rd six-year time period, typically insists the opposition is plotting to overthrow him.
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