The National First Trial Court with jurisdiction over Terrorism decreed 30 years in prison for Juan Carlos Marrufo and his wife María Auxiliadora Delgado de Marrufo, accused of the frustrated assassination of President Nicolás Maduro, judicial sources said.
For that same act, Juan Francisco Rodríguez Dos Ramos was also sentenced to the maximum penalty, according to file 01JT-032-21 to which we had partial access.
Marrufo, Delgado and Rodríguez were prosecuted for treason, terrorism and criminal association.
The final hearing of this trial began at 11:45 pm on Thursday and ended at 1:20 am this Friday.
Facts
The events occurred on August 4, 2018 on Bolívar Avenue in Caracas where the 81st anniversary of the Bolivarian National Guard was being celebrated. At the end of the event, when the Head of State was giving a speech, explosive charges attached to two unmanned aircraft were detonated.
The President continued with his intervention while the televised transmission was interrupted. At night, Maduro appeared before the media and reported that it was an attack against him planned from Colombia.
As the investigations progressed, a conversation was detected between Osman Tabosky, based in the United States, and part of the team of young people who would activate the drones where they received instructions. “Cold blood,” Tabosky was heard to say, listed as one of the financiers of the drone operation and who owns property in Valencia (Carabobo).
Precisely the Marrufo-Delgado couple was arrested in the capital of Carabobo.
