SAN LUIS POTOSÍ, Mexico.- The Attorney General of Venezuela, Tarek William Saab, assured that There will be no mercy for the more than a thousand people arrested during the days of protests following the election results in which the National Electoral Council (CNE) declared Nicolás Maduro the winner.
In a Press conference Issued on the afternoon of July 31, at the headquarters of the Public Ministry, it reported that this institution of the regime has arrested 1,062 people after the results of the presidential elections were known.
In his appearance, Saab claimed to have “more than 500 videos” of acts of violence which occurred on Monday, July 29, carried out by “criminal groups” who claim to be “paid” by the opposition.
Trying to delegitimize the citizens’ claims, he pointed out that the protests The protests were not peaceful and he says that many of the detainees have asked for clemency and have “recognised” the facts. “This is not a right, these are crimes. What is causing it is indignation,” he exclaimed.
at the request of the @MinpublicoVEN It was agreed #Order of #Apprehension against the promoters of violent actions:
1) Jorge Luis Diaz Bermudez (Spokesman for violent groups)
2) José Francisco Landaeta (In charge of mobilization)
3) Jose Agustin Franco Salazar… pic.twitter.com/YupH57cfEj
— Tarek William Saab (@TarekWiliamSaab) July 31, 2024
His attack on the protesters was to call them “criminals”, “former prisoners” who had been “under the influence of drugs,” and had received “a few dollars” to carry out the violent acts.
“We are investigating who is giving money, because they are also going to jail,” he said, referring to alleged payments to protesters.
In addition to the 1,062 detainees, there are 77 officials injured since the protests this Monday, the prosecutor said, and stressed that “there will be no clemency, there will be justice.”
“Don’t be surprised when international human rights organizations come and say that they are political prisoners. I have seen too many things. Yesterday I spoke of 44 wounded officials and one dead, the one in Aragua, today the number has risen to 77.”
He said there was a “tense calm” on Wednesday because “justice is acting” and warned that they would not allow an “escalation of violence.”
As Maduro had already done, prosecutor Saab accused the “comanditos” of Edmundo González’s presidential campaign of allegedly orchestrating the events. “We are now discovering that they were all part of the commandos,” he said.
The death toll has now risen to 13. The figure was confirmed by the platform Victim Monitor, who has shared names and ages of the fatal victims.
The director of the NGO Criminal ForumAlfredo Romero said that among the dead there are two minors. “Eleven people have died in these protests. Five of these people were killed in Caracas, two in the state of Zulia (northwest), two in Yaracuy (west), one in Aragua (north) and another in Táchira. We are concerned about the use of firearms in these demonstrations,” he said.
The middle Infobae confirmed that at least two other people lost their lives: A young man was shot and died in Guarenas; while another protester lost his life in the state of Carabobo.
State security forces and armed groups known as colectivos have repressed the demonstrations with extreme violence. Of the 13 deaths, four have been attributed to these colectivos, who, according to various reports, act with impunity and under the protection of the Chavista regime.
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