Baduel pointed out that he went to the Cicpc of El Llanito to file the complaint, but they refused to receive it, arguing that “there was no crime,” so he had to go to the Public Ministry where they told him that he must wait 15 business days for the response.
Margareth Baduel reported that unidentified men broke into her residence, after threatening the guards, and entered the parking lot where they put an unknown substance in the gasoline pump of her vehicle.
Through his social networks, Baduel assured that this is a “serious” situation that puts his safety and that of his family at risk.
According to the activist’s story, the event occurred on the night of Saturday, October 11, 2025, when a sand-colored Jeep Cherokee truck, plates AE740TH, arbitrarily and violently entered the parking lot of the building where her sister lives.
“According to the security guard’s testimony, the occupants of said vehicle threatened him with firearms to enter and reach the basement where I parked, there they parked next to my car and forced the security of the gas pump cover, and introduced a mixture of an unknown substance,” he said in the video he posted on social media.
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Baduel pointed out that he went to the Cicpc of El Llanito to file the complaint, but they refused to receive it, arguing that “there was no crime,” so he had to go to the Public Ministry where they told him that he must wait 15 business days for the response.
“We demand and remember that it is the Venezuelan State that must guarantee my rights and that of my family,” he said.
This is not the first time that Margareth Baduel has been a victim of harassment. On September 19, after participating in the protest for justice and freedom, he realized that a “suspicious device” had been placed under his car. At that time, the police officials who were at the site did not draw up a report or explain the nature of the equipment.
Baduel recalled that his family is constantly harassed and monitored both at home and by tracking unmarked vehicles and motorcycles.
*Journalism in Venezuela is carried out in a hostile environment for the press with dozens of legal instruments in place to punish the word, especially the laws “against hate”, “against fascism” and “against the blockade.” This content was written taking into consideration the threats and limits that, consequently, have been imposed on the dissemination of information from within the country.
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