MADRID, Spain.- Venezuelan opposition leader Maria Corina Machado, denounced This Thursday, an attempted murder was reported after discovering that the brakes on his vehicle had been cut at an event that took place in Barquisimeto, Lara state. This incident occurred just one day after the arrest of his security chief, Milciades Ávila, which has generated great concern among his supporters and campaign team.
Machado, one of the main figures of the opposition and direct rival of President Nicolás Maduro in the upcoming presidential elections on July 28, said that agents of the Chavista regime have been following and harassing her. On her social networks, the opposition leader shared images showing the damage suffered by the vehicles of her campaign team.
In addition to the brake cuts, acts of vandalism were reported on another vehicle of his team, which, according to Machado, is a clear sign of intimidation and a strategy to stop his campaign.
The match Come Venezuelato which it belongs Machadoissued a statement warning of similar threats received in other localities. This pattern of harassment reinforces the complaint of constant political persecution that, according to the opposition, seeks to demoralize her and dismantle her political movement.
Machado has pointed directly at the government of Nicolas Maduro as responsible for these attacks, saying the regime is using violence to try to silence the opposition. “Maduro’s campaign is violence and he is responsible for any harm to our physical integrity. They will not stop us,” Machado said.
Her determination to continue with her political agenda, despite the risks, has been applauded by many of her supporters, who see her as a pivotal figure in the fight for democracy in Venezuela.
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