Caracas (EFE).- A group of people described as “hooded officials” arrested former opposition deputy of Voluntad Popular Freddy Superlano and two of his collaborators on Tuesday, according to a complaint by the Vente Venezuela (VV) party through X, which shared a video in which he is seen being taken away in a vehicle.
“We are alerting the international community about this new wave of arrests against political leaders in Venezuela,” VV said on the social network, in whose video people can be heard booing and shouting in rejection of the arrest of the anti-Chavez activist and his companions.
Superlano was a member of the National Assembly (AN) that won the 2015 legislative elections, whose term extended from 2016, when Parliament was installed, until 2021.
Candidate in the 2021 regional elections
The opposition leader was a candidate in the 2021 regional elections for the state of Barinas – birthplace of Hugo Chávez – which he won by a narrow margin, a result that was annulled on the grounds that the anti-Chavez candidate was disqualified, a version that raised doubts, since Superlano had been able to register with the National Electoral Council (CNE) to compete in the elections.
The elections were repeated by order of the competent authorities, and the opposition won again, this time with the candidate Sergio Garrido, current governor of the State, traditionally a Chavista.
The reasons for his arrest are currently unknown.