Madrid Spain. Through its Ministry of Foreign Affairs, it denied that it was involved in a “political destabilization operation” in Venezuela and “flatly rejected any insinuation” in this regard, after the Venezuelan government claimed that it “was going to supply mercenaries” for an alleged operation led by the United States.
The government of Pedro Sánchez has once again called for a “democratic and peaceful solution to the situation in Venezuela” after the Chavistas announced on Saturday the arrest of two Spaniards for their alleged involvement in an alleged operation to carry out “terrorist” acts, including the assassination of the president of the Latin American country, Nicolás Maduro.
The detainees are Spaniards Andrés Martínez Adasme and José María Basoa Valdovinos, aged 32 and 35 respectively. The Spanish government denied that they are part of the Spanish intelligence service, after the Venezuelan government claimed that they were linked to this department. They do not belong to any other state agency, according to the Spanish Foreign Ministry.
Both were in Venezuela as tourists, according to their families, who last Monday, September 9, and after losing track of them, reported their disappearance on social media and at the police station. The police found out that they had been arrested and informed their relatives, although the reason for the arrests has not been indicated and the police investigation into the disappearance is still open. The Spanish Embassy in Venezuela asked the Maduro Government to have access to the two detainees, accused of terrorism, to verify their identities and give them the necessary assistance. Their families are in permanent contact with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the Spanish Consulate in Caracas, as well as with the Government of the Basque Country (northern Spain), where the two arrested are from.
