El Potro Álvarez reappeared at a political event with Maduro after rumors of arrest

After a series of rumors about the alleged arrest of Antonio “el Potro” Álvarezthe president of the National Institute of Racecourses (INH) reappeared on Sunday, November 17 at the closing ceremony of the Great Congress of the Historical Block of Venezuela, an activity initiated by the United Socialist Party of Venezuela (PSUV) after the presidential elections chaired by Nicolás Maduro.

Rumors about the alleged arrest of el Potro Álvarez by officials of the Bolivarian National Intelligence Service (Sebin) began at noon on Saturday, November 16, with information released by former commissioner Iván Simonovis.

All this after the former baseball player was a trend on social networks after appearing with Fernando Carrillo at the Poliedro in Caracas, talking about the first generation technology that was installed for the sound of the Caracas arena and with a gun in his pants pocket.

The first person to deny the arrest was the Chavista analyst Indira Urbanejawho stated in his account on X that he had had coffee with Álvarez to organize some Christmas events for children in popular areas of Caracas.

On the other hand, in the Globovisión program Sábado en la Noche, entertainment journalist Orlando Suárez assured that Potro Álvarez had suffered a heart attack at the beginning of the week. However, after 20 minutes of the program, the journalist himself denied the information and clarified that the official had not suffered any health problems.

Finally, at the political event this Sunday, Maduro greeted Álvarez, who was sitting next to the singer and businessman Omar Enrique, who was also mentioned in the arrest rumors.

They assure that Potro Álvarez is investigated for possible corruption

PSUV sources consulted by the media The Pitazo They denied the arrest of El Potro Álvarez, but confirmed that is being investigated at the request of the Minister of the Interior and Justice Diosdado Cabello.

«Here with ‘el Potro’ we can apply that of ‘when the river sounds, it brings stones’. Diosdado Cabello, in his new role as Minister of the Interior, is playing a fight against corruption. “In the hippodrome and the polyhedron there is one,” said one of the sources who withheld his identity.

This same person added: «This past week there was movement from Sebin in those spaces and in the offices of el Potro. What were they looking for or did they find anything? Don’t know. But he is counting on the protection of Delcy and Maduro himself to skip these reviews. “I don’t know how the story will end.”