Guanipa says that the death of Jesús Martínez is the responsibility of the Maduro “regime”

The former opposition representative of Venezuela Juan Pablo Guanipa said this Friday that the death in police custody of Jesus Manuel Martinez Medina – detained after the presidential elections of July 28 – is the “absolute responsibility” of the “dictatorial regime” of Nicolás Maduro.

“The death of Jesús Manuel Martínez can fairly be classified as an intentional homicide,” he said in X Guanipawho recalled that Martínez was an electoral witness in the state of Anzoátegui (northeast) in favor of the opposition in the elections, in which Maduro was proclaimed the winner, a result that the largest opposition coalition calls “fraudulent.”

Likewise, he stated that Martínez – arrested on July 29 at his residence “without a search warrant and without any reason,” according to the opposition – “should never have been detained because he did not commit any crime,” although the Prosecutor’s Office assures that the arrest occurred on August 2 and was due to “his participation in the post-election violent events.”

Guanipa talks about the death of Jesús Manuel Martínez

The former deputy assured that the deceased’s mother warned about his “important health problems”, such as type 2 diabetes, and that the “environment of his detention could seriously harm him.”

«All this was noticed, his mother was especially diligent, she implored that (her son) be transferred to a care center. The response and attention did not arrive because they were supposedly waiting for orders from Caracas,” said Guanipa.

However, this Friday, the Prosecutor’s Office assured that Martínez received “due medical attention” during the 34 days he was hospitalized due to health complications related to the diabetes he suffered.

On Thursday, opposition leader María Corina Machado stated that “after so much time and complaints,” Martínez was transferred to a hospital, where doctors, “when they saw the state in which Jesús was, decided that they should amputate both of his legs.” , but “in the middle of the procedure he died.”

After the presidential elections, a crisis was unleashed marked by protests and police operations that resulted in 2,400 arrests, according to the Executive, although NGOs have identified 1,848 cases, including that of Martínez Medina, as well as that of 69 adolescents and dozens of women, almost all accused of terrorism.