Nicolás Maduro called the two Spaniards detained in Caracas “terrorists”

Nicolas Maduro He described the two detained Spaniards as “terrorists”who are linked to Spain’s National Intelligence Centre (CNI) for their alleged involvement in a destabilising operation against his government.

In his weekly program ‘Con Maduro +’, broadcast by the state channel VTV, he said that the two citizens of the European country They are “undercover agents” of the CNI, and dismissed the statements of the parents of the Spaniards that they were in Venezuela as tourists, after having visited Colombia.

Maduro said that both Spaniards “They were captured and are convicted, confessed and with full proof of the actions “that they brought into Venezuela to kill people, place bombs, etc.”

“Now it turns out that they were some good guys, tourists, who were out for a walk and were captured,” said Maduro, who said, without showing evidence, that “it is very striking” that “the Spanish CNI is entering into operations against Venezuela.”

For his part, Venezuelan Interior Minister Diosdado Cabello said that the CNI, despite being attached to the Spanish Ministry of Defense, It is a “totally autonomous entity” which “carries out operations throughout the world in compliance with instructions given by the CIA (Central Intelligence Agency).”

What is known about the two Spaniards arrested in Venezuela?

The suspects are Andrés Martínez Adasme and José María Basoa Valdovinos, aged 32 and 35, respectively, who were captured in Puerto Ayacucho, Amazonas state, on whose phones, according to the Venezuelan government, authorities found conversations where they asked “how to buy explosives” and “contact groups that would like to do some special work.”

The Spanish Foreign Ministry has already denied that Spain is involved in a “political destabilization operation” in Venezuela and has “flatly rejected any insinuation” in this regard, after the Venezuelan government claimed that Spain “was going to supply mercenaries” for an alleged operation led by the United States.

Besides has denied that the two detainees are part of the Spanish CNI, as the Venezuelan government claimed, nor do they belong to any other state agency.

According to their families, both were in Venezuela as tourists. On Monday, September 9, after losing track of them, they reported their disappearance on social media and to the police.