Through two letters dated October 24, the Attorney General’s Office ratified an arrest warrant against former candidate Edmundo González before the control court for the alleged commission of 9 crimes, and issued a red alert request before Interpol.
The crimes attributed to the former candidate are: usurpation of functions, forging of a public document, instigation to disobedience of the laws, conspiracy, ignorance of State institutions, complicity in the use of violent acts against public peace, dissemination of false information, ignoring the electoral results, to cause anxiety in the population, sabotage or damage to systems, association and capital laundering; according to the letters sent.
Letter to Interpol
In the communication sent to the chief commissioner of the International Police Division (Interpol) of the CICPC, the head of the criminal action requests “your valuable collaboration, in the sense that he processes the appropriate action before the International Criminal Police Organization (INTERPOL)”, in order to ratify the Red Alert request against González Urrutia, because he is charged with 9 crimes contemplated in the Penal Code, the Special Law Against Computer Crimes, the Organic Law Against Organized Crime, and the Organic Law Against Organized Crime and Financing of Terrorism.
Below is the full text of the official letter:
OFFICE N° 00-DGCDC-F58-1865-2024
Caracas, October 24, 2024
Citizen: CHIEF COMMISSIONER OF THE INTERNATIONAL POLICE DIVISION (INTERPOL) OF THE CRIMINAL AND SCIENTIFIC INVESTIGATION CORPS. Your Office.
I respectfully address you, on the opportunity to request your valuable collaboration, in the sense that I process the relevant matter before the International Criminal Police Organization (INTERPOL), RATIFY RED ALERT REQUEST, against the citizen EDMUNDO GONZÁLEZ URRUTIA, owner of the identity card V-2,029,003, for the crimes of USURPATION OF FUNCTIONS, provided for and sanctioned in the article 213, FORGING OF PUBLIC DOCUMENT, provided for and sanctioned in article 319, INSTIGATION TO DISOBEDIENCE OF THE LAWS, provided for and sanctioned in article 283, CONSPIRACY provided for and sanctioned in article 132, IGNORANCE OF STATE INSTITUTIONS, provided for and sanctioned in article 216, COMPLICITY IN THE USE OF VIOLENT ACTS AGAINST PEACE PUBLIC, provided for and sanctioned in article 218, DISSEMINATION OF FALSE INFORMATION WITHOUT KNOWING ELECTORAL RESULTS TO CAUSE ANXIETY IN THE POPULATION, provided for and sanctioned in article 296-A, all of the Penal Code, SABOTAGE OR DAMAGES AND SYSTEMS, provided for and sanctioned in the Article 7 of the Special Law Against Computer Crimes, ASSOCIATION, provided for and sanctioned in article 37. CAPITAL LEGITIMATION, provided for and sanctioned in article 35, both of the Organic Law Against Organized Crime and Financing of Terrorism, committed to the detriment of the Venezuelan State.
Request that is made due to the criminal investigation instructed by this Fiscal representation signed under No. MP-138657-2024 (Nomenclature of this Office), for the alleged commission of crimes established in the Venezuelan Penal Code, Special Law Against Computer Crimes and Organic Law Against Organized Crime and Financing of Terrorism. A copy of the Arrest Order is attached, and I am sending you a draft Red Notice form, corresponding to the aforementioned citizen.
Office to the Judge
Meanwhile, in the letter sent to the Special Judge of First Instance in Control Functions with jurisdiction in cases linked to crimes associated with terrorism with jurisdiction at the national level, Saab ratifies the arrest warrant for the alleged commission of 9 crimes.
It also sends an annex with 186 useful pages containing the actions carried out within the framework of the investigation being carried out with respect to the former presidential candidate.
Below is the text of the official letter:
OFFICE N° 00-DGCDC-F58-1864-2024
Citizen: FIRST SPECIAL JUDGE (01°) OF FIRST INSTANCE IN CONTROL FUNCTIONS WITH COMPETENCE IN CASES LINKED TO CRIMES ASSOCIATED WITH TERRORISM WITH NATIONAL LEVEL JURISDICTION. Your Office.-
File No. MP-138657-2024
I am writing to you, at the opportunity to send you, annexed to this communication, a written document dated this same date with its respective records of ONE HUNDRED AND EIGHTY-SIX (186) USEFUL PAGES, through which RATIFICATION OF THE APPREHENSION ORDER is requested, against of citizen EDMUNDO GONZÁLEZ URRUTIA, holder of identity card V-2.029.003, for the crimes of USURPATION OF FUNCTIONS, provided for and sanctioned in article 213, FORGING OF PUBLIC DOCUMENT, provided for and sanctioned in article 319, INSTIGATION TO DISOBEDIENCE OF LAWS, provided for and sanctioned in article 283, CONSPIRACY provided for and sanctioned in article 132, IGNORANCE OF STATE INSTITUTIONS, provided for and sanctioned in article 216, COMPLICITY IN THE USE OF VIOLENT ACTS AGAINST PUBLIC PEACE, provided and sanctioned in article 218, DISSEMINATION OF FALSE INFORMATION WITHOUT KNOWING ELECTORAL RESULTS TO CAUSE ANXIETY IN THE POPULATION, provided for and sanctioned in article 296-A, all of the Penal Code, SABOTAGE OR DAMAGES AND SYSTEMS, provided for and sanctioned in article 7 of the Special Law Against Computer Crimes, ASSOCIATION, provided for and sanctioned in article 37. CAPITAL LEGITIMATION, provided for and sanctioned in article 35, both of the Organic Law Against Organized Crime and Financing of Terrorism, committed to the detriment of the Venezuelan State.
