Diosdado Cabello confirmed the arrest of Luis Somaza and linked it to the money scandal received by several NGOs from the USAID
Interior Minister, Justice and Peace, Diosdado Cabelloreported on Friday, February 14, a “network of internal coyotes” was dismantled that helped political leaders out of Venezuela and that three people linked to this operation have already been arrested.
Cabello, in his radio program entitled “Without trick or Maña,” said that said group had worked in 2020 to get the coordinator of Popular Will, Leopoldo López from the country, and that he had an alleged plan to “rescue” the director of the director of the director of the NGO Citizen Control, Rocío San Miguel, of a clinic when they will take it to operate with another person who is also detained.
In the same way, he confirmed the arrest of the leader of Popular Will Luis Somaza, whom he described as “perverse character” and “criminal”, for being allegedly the one who carried control of the money that was delivered to different NGOs «by Juan Guaidó and Leopoldo López »; as well as accused of allegedly associating with María Corina Machado for similar operations.
Recently, Rocío San Miguel turned a year of arbitrary detention by the State Security Bodies for its alleged link with the “White Bracelet” case.
For him Tuesday, February 11 The opening of the trial of the “Black Black” case where the lawyer and director of the NGO Control Citizen, Rocío San Miguel, his ex -husband Alejandro González and 17 other people, was planned. Due to lack of transfers, the Third Court of Control in Terrorism Duy the Hearing for next March 31 at 1:00 pm
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This was the second time that the opening of trial is differs. Already in the month of December, said lawyer Theresly Malavé, Judge Alejandra Romero also set a new date for lack of transfers from the different detention centers.
Prosecutor Tarek William Saab linked San Miguel, his ex -husband, several military and three political leaders of Vente Venezuela (Juan José Freites, Guillermo de Jesús López and Luis Enrique Camacaro) to an alleged murder plan of several senior officials and assault on facilities military last year.
On the case of the former councilor of the Baruta municipality Luis Somaza, The relatives denounced that he was arrested without a court order and by hooded subjects who did not carry any identification.
Valeria Somaza, sister of the leader, said she was arrested at her home in the Santa Fe urbanization (Baruta, Miranda state) around 6:38 pm for at least 10 subjects dressed in black and hooded.
He explained that he was taken in a civil van, «but we know that it is a truck that government officials use (…) even violated the gate from the house next door to enter. They take it and lasted two hours inside other people, even dressed in red. If they had already taken what those people did at home?
*Journalism in Venezuela is exercised in a hostile environment for the press with dozens of legal instruments arranged for the punishment of the word, especially the laws “against hatred”, “against fascism” and “against blockade.” This content is being published taking into account the threats and limits that, consequently, have been imposed on the dissemination of information from within the country.
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