Nicolás Maduro’s regime reiterates that Edmundo González will be arrested if he sets foot in the country

The Government of Venezuela reiterated this Monday that The standard bearer of the largest opposition coalition Edmundo González Urrutia – exiled in Spain – will be arrested if he sets foot in the Caribbean countryafter the anti-Chavista expressed his intention to return to assume the Presidency on January 10, despite the fact that Nicolás Maduro was officially proclaimed reelected president.

“On January 10, the only one who is going to be sworn in is called Nicolás Maduro. There is not a single possibility, not one, not even half a possibility, (that) the filthy lord (Edmundo) González will set foot in Venezuela without being detained,” said the Minister of the Interior, Diosdado Cabello, during a press conference of the United Socialist Party of Venezuela (PSUV), broadcast on the state channel VTV.

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Cabello stated that González Urrutia “is not brave” when remembering that on July 29, one day after the in-person meetings, he stayed at the Netherlands Embassywhere he remained for more than a month and then requested asylum and traveled to Spain in September considering that he was suffering “political and judicial persecution” in Venezuela.

“I guarantee that (González Urrutia) neither on January 10 nor on any other day will he (take possession). There is no way or way (for) him to do it. Zero possibilities at this point,” he reiterated.

Last Tuesday, the opponent stated that he sees himself assuming the position for which, he said, he was “voted” by “the majority of Venezuelans.”in reference to the presidential elections, whose official result is considered “fraudulent” by the largest anti-Chavista coalition, the Democratic Unitary Platform (PUD).

Although Maduro’s re-election has received criticism from the international community, mainly due to the lack of evidence confirming his victory at the polls, all the institutions of the Caribbean country – including the Armed Forces – support the Chavista leader and see the PUD as coup plotters. who intend to take power by force.

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Machado blames Maduro

Venezuelan opposition leader María Corina Machado blamed President Nicolás Maduro on Monday for the death of three people detained in the context of protests against the controversial re-election of Chavista in the July elections – proclaimed by the electoral body -, of which one She died in November and the other two this month, according to relatives and NGOs.

“Maduro is killing them, in one way or another,” Machado expressed on the social network in the state of Lara (west) along with his 19-year-old son.

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Last Thursday, said the anti-Chavista, Jesús Rafael Álvarez, 44, died, detained on August 2 in the state of Bolívar (south) along with his wife, Anny Suárez, imprisoned in this region bordering Brazil.

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Both deceased were held in the prison known as Tocuyito, in Carabobo (north), one of the penitentiary centers intervened in 2023 by the authorities and enabled this year to imprison, according to Maduro, “all guarimberos (violent protesters).”

These two deaths are added to that of Jesús Manuel Medina Martínez, 36, last November – arrested on July 29 in Anzoátegui (east) –who, according to Machado, “died in a state hospital after being severely mistreated and in inhumane conditions that caused necrosis in both legs.”

“The three were denied adequate medical care that they urgently needed. Three lives taken by a criminal system, three families torn apart and whose human rights have been violated,” said the opposition member, who expressed solidarity with her loved ones.

In the opinion of the former deputy, there is “only one way to stop this tragedy”, which is – she added – “to fulfill the mandate that the people gave” in the July 28 elections – when she claims that the majority opposition candidate won. , Edmundo González Urrutia- and “do justice.”