A subject who proclaimed himself as an “evangelical Christian” entered the Basilica of Our Lady of Chiquinquirá, located in Maracaibo (Zulia) this Sunday and threw a stone at the little table where the revered imageaccording to information obtained from the Bolivarian National Guard (GNB).
The subject was surrounded by parishioners who detained him and then handed him over to the military.
The impact of the stone slightly bent the reliquary. that protects the image of the Virgin Mary, under the invocation of La Chiquinquirá also named as La Chinita.
At the time of committing the act, the man murmured that this cult represented “idolatry.”
