The legitimate president of Venezuela and opposition leader to the regime of Nicolás Maduro Juan Guaidó on Tuesday denounced the arrest of five Venezuelan soldiers and two policemen, including a general, by Chavista intelligence agents. The whereabouts of the detainees are unknown. Guaidó, head of Parliament, proclaimed that “today it is our duty to report the forced disappearance of a general, two colonels, a lieutenant commander and a lieutenant of the armed forces.” highlights the “persecution” against the security forces that do not blindly follow the guidelines of the regime of the tyrant Maduro, and that includes the “disappearance” of two commissioners of the scientific police this past weekend. The military were arrested last Friday after participating in a meeting, deputies said that they point to military counterintelligence agents as captors, although relatives point to the intelligence service.Guaidó did not detail the reasons for the arrests, although he indicated that these cases show that “there are officials willing to get involved. on the side of the Constitution ”and not on Maduro, whom he calls a“ usurper ”of power. The congressmen who intervened in the debate criticized that the Hensions occurred amid the visit of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, Michelle Bachelet, who called for the release of imprisoned opponents before leaving on Friday. He proclaimed himself interim president five months ago, once again called on the Armed Forces to break with Maduro, whom he blames for the worst economic crisis in the oil country in its recent history.“It is time for the military family to speak forcefully and clearly about what is happening in Venezuela. Is the Armed Forces (…) going to continue as a dictator’s escort? They hide it or hide behind it. Let him then define the Armed Forces, “he stressed. The Defense Commission of Parliament – the only power in the hands of the opposition – maintained that 198 soldiers are imprisoned for treason and conspiracy, among other charges. That group includes the five officers captured on Friday.After Tuesday’s session, incidents were recorded outside the legislative palace, in the center of Caracas, where Chavista supporters insulted Guaidó on his departure, and then attacked the vehicle of A parliamentarian breaking his windows. According to the NGO Foro Penal, there are 688 “political prisoners” in Venezuela, although Maduro refuses to consider them as such.
