Antonio Ledezma condemned the detention of Spaniards in Venezuela

The former mayor of Caracas, Antonio Ledezma, spoke out about the arrest of two Spanish citizens in Venezuela, identified as Andrés Martínez Adasme and José María Basoa, whom the Minister of Internal Affairs, Justice and Peace, Diosdado Cabello, accuses of “terrorism.”

Ledezma said that the accusations made by Nicolás Maduro’s government against Martínez Adasme and Basoa, aged 32 and 35 respectively, are “false” and assured that they are “new persecuted people.”

«There is state terrorism in Venezuelaare in the conclusions of the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights. Not only have they interfered with the freedom of Spanish citizens and those of any other latitude, they have also done so with companies,” Ledezma declared to the Spanish channel. RTVE.es.

He arrest of the Spaniards It occurred in Puerto Ayacucho, Amazonas state, a border area with Brazil and Colombia, after relatives of the two men, originally from Bilbao, reported them missing on September 9.

According to reports from those close to the group, the Spaniards were on vacation in Venezuelan territory when they were arrested by Venezuelan government officials, who accused them of participating in an alleged attack against Maduro.

Screenshot of a broadcast from the state television channel VTV. Spanish citizen Andrés is seen holding a sheet with his identification data in Caracas

“We don’t have 400 rifles”

The accusations of new arrests by Chavismo have generated rejection inside and outside Venezuela. Human rights organizations emphasize that this case is nothing more than an act of repression, in the midst of diplomatic tensions between Venezuela and Spain since the European nation granted asylum to Edmundo González Urrutia.

“We don’t have 400 rifles, we have almost eight million votes”Ledezma said.

Diosdado Cabello accused the two detained Spaniards of belonging to the Spanish National Intelligence Center (CNI) and that they had planned to carry out acts «terrorists»which included ending the lives of Nicolás Maduro and other officials of the Chavista regime, such as Delcy Rodríguez.

He says that the device seized more than 400 weapons “transported from the United States.” Two Americans, accused by the regime of links to the CIA, and a Czech were also arrested. A spokesman for the US State Department confirmed the arrest of one of them, a member of the Army, and was awaiting confirmation of the arrest of two other citizens.