USA: We will not tolerate "intimidation of the legitimate government of Venezuela" after arrest of Marrero

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The houses of the chief of the office of the interim president of Venezuela Juan Guaidó, Roberto Marrero, and the deputy of the opposition National Assembly, Sergio Vergara, were raided at dawn on Thursday.

 

The vice president of the USA Mike Pompeo reacted to the detention of the head of the office of the interim president of Venezuela Juan Guaidó, Roberto Marrero, early this Thursday and indicated that the US It will not "intimidate the legitimate government of the" South American country. In a message on his Twitter account, Pence calls for the immediate release of Marrero and ensures that those responsible will be identified. "The US calls for the immediate release of Roberto Marrero, head of the office of interim president of Venezuela Juan Guaidó, we will not tolerate Maduro stopping or intimidating the legitimate government of Venezuela, those responsible will be pointed out," said Pence.

For his part, the US National Security Adviser, John Bolton, also demanded the immediate release of the head of the Venezuelan interim president's office and warned that his detention "will not go unpunished." In his Twitter account, Bolton said that the president in dispute Nicolás Maduro "made another big mistake" with the "illegitimate arrest" of Guaidó's lawyer and chief of office, Roberto Marrero."He must be released immediately and his safety guaranteed"

 

The houses of Marrero and the deputy of the opposition National Assembly, Sergio Vergara, were raided in the early hours of Thursday, as reported by Guaidó himself in his Twitter account. The operation of the intelligence forces known as SEBIN, under the orders of Maduro, broke into both houses. In addition to Marrero, Vergara's driver was arrested, according to his testimony. The opposition deputy said that more than 15 officials entered his house "hooded", as well as two prosecutors.

They kept him for two hours, "he explained," as well as his driver who was finally arrested just like Marrero. In total, said Vergara, in the operation that included the registration of both houses involved more than 40 officials of the Sebin with long weapons and 12 vans. The vice-president of the Subcommission of DD.HH. of the European Parliament, Beatriz Becerra, published on her Twitter account an audio sent supposedly by Marrero at the time of the raid on his home.

 

 

 

 

Edited March 22, 2019 by -Dark*
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