Pedro Urruchurtu, international coordinator of Vente Venezuela, who is taking refuge at the headquarters of the Argentine Embassy in Caracas, stated that security forces have threatened to enter the building and have flown over drones during the afternoon of December 4. In his opinion, the facts show a “ratification of State terrorism practices.” He demanded “safe passages to be able to leave safely”
Pedro Urruchurtu, international coordinator of Vente Venezuela, denounced that this Wednesday, December 4, the “police siege” has intensified outside the headquarters of the Argentine Embassy in Caracas where he and five other members of the group are refugees. team of opposition leader María Corina Machado. He reiterated that this persecution began on November 23
The complaint was made in a video published on his account on the social network Instagram. In the audiovisual he highlighted that there have been threats of entry and an alleged drone overflight during the afternoon. He indicated that in the morning there was a “significant deployment of repressive State agents.”
Urruchurtu reiterated that the residence still does not receive electricity service and that, in the meantime, they have been able to refrigerate some food thanks to a “small electrical plant.” He added that they have minimal reserves of drinking water, while, he commented, “access is still being prevented” by tanker trucks to fill the property’s tank. He added that there have been “restrictions and some incidents regarding access to food.
He asked the governments of Argentina and Brazil, which “have direct responsibility for this headquarters,” and the “diplomatic corps accredited in Venezuela,” to “raise their voice” in the face of what he considered a “terrible violation of international law” and “to the right of asylum.”
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In his opinion, the facts show a “ratification of the practices of State terrorism.” He demanded “safe passage to be able to leave safely.”
In the afternoon, the alleged raid of houses adjacent to the headquarters of the Argentine Embassy in Caracas was reported. According to a complaint on social networks, it was carried out by officials from the General Directorate of Military Counterintelligence (Dgcim).
The information has not been confirmed by Venezuelan State authorities or the opposition leadership. «The houses next to the Argentine embassy, where María Corina Machado’s team is seeking refuge, were raided and confiscated. At this moment the General Directorate enters the La Tocuyana estate,” reads a post published by Cuentas Claras on the social network X.
In the morning, opposition leaders Maria Corina Machado and Edmundo González Urrutia launched an international alert after “more than 20 agents from State repression forces showed up at the official residence of the Argentine Embassy in Caracas, under Brazilian custody, in five patrol cars and civilian vehicles.”
On their social networks, the leaders indicated that the presence of the officials, “with an aggressive attitude,” included harassment and instructions related to eventual entry into the embassy. They reported that this generated “anxiety and terror in the surrounding area, in addition to the closure of the street, harming the free movement and tranquility of the neighbors, including other diplomatic delegations that reside on the same street.” The embassy is located between Las Mercedes and Valle Arriba.
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