Leocenis García arrested by Sebin officials
Officials from the Bolivarian National Intelligence Service (Sebin) arrested Leocenis García, national coordinator of the Pro-Citizen Movement, on Thursday afternoon in La Castellana, Chacao municipality, Miranda state.
The information was confirmed by her sister, Maria Lucia Garcia, in a message posted on X. «Apparently he is being accused of terrorism“, he said on the social network.
“I am María Lucía García, Leocenis García’s sister. I want to inform the country and the international community that tonight we were notified that my brother was arrested by SEBIN officials yesterday afternoon in La Castellana, after posting a video on his social media. Apparently he is being accused of terrorism,” she wrote.
What did Leocenis García say in the video published before his arrest?
Leocenis García was arrested after he published a video in which he claimed that Nicolás Maduro’s government “breaks the rules” of the Constitution and “becomes a parastate.”
He also referred to the departure from the country of opposition leader Edmundo González following an arrest warrant against him, and said that “they put a man on the plane, but not the seven million votes that defeated the government and that were seen by the FANBwitnesses for the government and the opposition. In short, for the country.”
Finally, He called for continuing the struggle to ensure that the popular will expressed on July 28 is accepted.
“This fight is not for a man or about a man, but for a country and its will expressed at the ballot box. Regarding the call for a mega-election in 2025, I say that under fraud and violation of the constitution, there is no dialogue or politics possible,” he said.
From my office at the headquarters of Prociudadanos 🇻🇪, where a month ago I called for a vote for Edmundo González as a symbol of national unity and peace, and in the face of his exile, I send a message to the country. With the constitution in hand, I remember that what the constitution safeguards is not the… pic.twitter.com/DuOfYmze7r
— Leocenis Garcia (@leocenisoficial) September 10, 2024
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