Through a post on X, Pedro Urruchurtu denounced the intimidation; in addition to the former Venezuelan presidential candidate, Magalli Meda, Omar González, Claudia Macero, Humberto Villalobos and Fernando Martínez Mottola are on site
The opponent of the Chavista dictatorship Pedro Urruchurtu Noselli, who is taking refuge in the Argentine embassy, in under the supervision of the Brazilian government, stated in X that agents of the dictator They turned off the electricity in the area in the early hours of this Sunday. In another post on the social network, Noselli said that a truck from the Bolivarian Intelligence Service (Sebin) reinforced the siege in front of the embassy. Since last night (23), Venezuelan police cars and agents have blocked the building’s access to the street.
In addition to Urruchurtu, Magalli Meda, former deputy Omar González, Claudia Macero, Humberto Villalobos, and former minister Fernando Martínez Mottola, are at the Argentine embassy. It is not known why Maduro initiated a new siege on the embassy. Venezuelan diplomat and former presidential candidate Edmundo González Urrutia also spoke out and condemned the embassy siege.
Also in X, the Argentine Ministry of Foreign Affairs condemned what it called “acts of harassment and intimidation against asylum seekers”. “The deployment of armed troops, the closure of streets around our Embassy and other maneuvers constitute a disruption of security that must be guaranteed to diplomatic headquarters in accordance with international law, as well as to those who have requested diplomatic asylum.”
*With information from Estadão Conteúdo
Posted by Victor Oliveira
