Venezuela: Nicolás Maduro sends Juan Guaidó's chief of staff to trial in a new attack against the president in charge

The Court of Control of the Criminal Judicial Circuit of the Metropolitan Area of Caracas has admitted the prosecution for all these crimes and has ordered to keep in preventive prison and open oral proceedings against Marrero and the also opponent Juan Antonio Planchart. by the Public Ministry in the case of Marrero for concealing a weapon of war and explosive and for Planchart, the crime of financing terrorism, “the Supreme Court of Justice (TSJ) reported in a statement. Marrero will thus remain detained at the facilities. of the Bolivarian National Intelligence Service (SEBIN), where he was transferred as soon as he was arrested last March accused of “leading a terrorist cell that planned attacks in the country.” The opposition leader has spent most of his confinement in solitary confinement , as reported by their lawyers. On March 27, the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR) asked the Venezuelan State to adopt the necessary measures to guarantee his physical integrity and life. Planchart, for his part, was detained three days later by SEBIN, “following complaints of having been part as a financier of a plan to import hitmen into the country in order to generate destabilization, “the high court pointed out. Guaidó has interpreted the arrest of Marrero, whom he considers a” personal friend “as well as a close collaborator, as a direct attack on his close circle. The Venezuelan Justice has also acted against several deputies, including the vice president of the National Assembly, Edgar Zambrano. The interim president is the subject of two investigations by the Attorney General’s Office:one for proclaiming himself “president in charge” and another for alleged financial irregularities. For now, precautionary measures have been issued against him but there is no arrest warrant.The political crisis in Venezuela worsened on January 10, when Nicolás Maduro decided to start a second six-year term that neither the opposition nor a large part recognize of the international community because they consider that the presidential elections of May 20, 2018 were a fraud.In response, Guaidó proclaimed himself interim president on January 23 with the aim of ending the “usurpation”, creating a transitional government and celebrating ” free elections ». The United States, most Latin American countries and many Europeans, including Spain, have recognized him.