Venezuelan opposition politician Gilber Caro announced today that he will go underground after being accused of conspiracy to assassinate Nicolas Maduro and involvement in criminal gangs that participated in violent clashes in Caracas.
“I will continue to fight for Venezuela, now from underground, and we will remain steadfast in the face of the lies of tyranny (…) I am with you all,” the politician said on his Twitter account.
In another report, the leader of the Vontade Popular party (the center-left to which opposition leader Juan Guaido belonged) says that “the dictatorship is persecuting and kidnapping those who are fighting for Venezuela’s freedom.”
“Maduro and his regime tried to stop the democratic struggle in order to continue oppressing the Venezuelans,” he concludes.
On July 13, the Venezuelan government again accused the opposition of arming the Colombian-backed “criminals to destabilize” the country and demanded the arrest of opposition party opponents Gilber Caro, Luis Somas, Hasler Iglesias and Emilio Grateron. The will of the people.
The charge was brought forward by Jorge Rodriguez, president of the National Assembly (controlled by Chavismo), during a conference at which he accused opponents of involvement in a plot to assassinate Nicolas Maduro and asked prosecutors to order their arrest.
According to local media reports, 47-year-old Gibert Caro, a Venezuelan politician and activist, had been detained three times earlier, all of them accused by the regime of conspiring to bring about a change of government in the country. His lawyers stated that he was subjected to cruel and inhuman treatment.
On January 11, 2017, when he was an active member of the National Assembly, he was intercepted by intelligence officers on a highway in Carabobo (central part of the country) and accused of stealing property from the Armed Forces and a crime of high treason.
On April 26, 2019, he was arrested by intelligence officers on conspiracy charges and released two months later.
On December 20, 2019, officers of the Special Operations Forces of the Bolivarian National Police (FAES) were detained. He was accused of conspiracy and carrying explosives. He was pardoned by President Nicolas Maduro in August 2020.
On July 13, 2021, Venezuelan public leader Jairo Perez and three relatives of opposition politician Javier Gonzalez of the People’s Will party were detained by the Venezuelan authorities, who accused them of alleged links with criminal organizations that led to violent actions in late June. clashes with security forces in Caracas.
The arrests took place the day after the Venezuelan authorities unsuccessfully tried to detain the political leader of the opposition Juan Guaido. However, as a result, the former vice-chairman of the parliament, 35-year-old opposition leader Freddie Guevara was detained.
According to the Venezuelan prosecutor’s office, Freddie Guevara will be charged with crimes of “attack on the constitutional order, involvement in a crime and betrayal of the country” for “ties with extremist and paramilitary groups associated with the Colombian state. Government”.
Meanwhile, Speaker of Parliament (elected in 2020 by a majority vote from Chavez) Jorge Rodriguez asked the prosecutor’s office to detain the group leader Juan Guaido Luis Somas and the leaders of the People’s Will Emilio Grateron, Hasler Iglesias and Gilber Caro. party (center left).
Chile announced on Saturday that, at the request of Venezuelan opposition leader Juan Guaido, it received Venezuelan opposition leader Emilio Graterola as a guest at the Chilean embassy in Caracas following the regime’s request for an arrest.
