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Venezuelan authorities arrest 2 Guaido security guards
Source: Associated Press
Venezuelan authorities arrest 2 Guaidó security guards
By CHRISTOPHER TORCHIA
July 13, 2019
CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) — Venezuelan authorities have detained two members of opposition leader Juan Guaidó’s security team, keeping pressure on their U.S.-backed adversary even as the two sides hold talks aimed at finding a solution to the country’s political standoff.
The two men planned to sell four guns belonging to the state that were allegedly used during Guaidó’s failed military rebellion on April 30, socialist party boss Diosdado Cabello said Saturday. Information Minister Jorge Rodríguez also said the alleged attempt to sell weapons while negotiating with the government reflected opposition deceit.
He said the government would later present proof of the allegation, which the opposition says is false.
Guaidó on Friday tweeted that two members of his team, Erick Sánchez y Jason Parisi, had been taken into custody in Caracas while providing security for his family as he traveled outside the capital. He speculated that authorities would plant weapons on the two men in order to frame them in a manner that he said was similar to a case against his detained chief of staff, Roberto Marrero.
“We know what we’re fighting against: A dictatorship,” said Guaidó, who addressed supporters in the western state of Trujillo on Saturday.
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By CHRISTOPHER TORCHIA
July 13, 2019
CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) — Venezuelan authorities have detained two members of opposition leader Juan Guaidó’s security team, keeping pressure on their U.S.-backed adversary even as the two sides hold talks aimed at finding a solution to the country’s political standoff.
The two men planned to sell four guns belonging to the state that were allegedly used during Guaidó’s failed military rebellion on April 30, socialist party boss Diosdado Cabello said Saturday. Information Minister Jorge Rodríguez also said the alleged attempt to sell weapons while negotiating with the government reflected opposition deceit.
He said the government would later present proof of the allegation, which the opposition says is false.
Guaidó on Friday tweeted that two members of his team, Erick Sánchez y Jason Parisi, had been taken into custody in Caracas while providing security for his family as he traveled outside the capital. He speculated that authorities would plant weapons on the two men in order to frame them in a manner that he said was similar to a case against his detained chief of staff, Roberto Marrero.
“We know what we’re fighting against: A dictatorship,” said Guaidó, who addressed supporters in the western state of Trujillo on Saturday.
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Read more: https://apnews.com/d8b6a43b13854be3a17d20686ae0f9cb