Chavismo launches "terrorist plan" to silence protest against government

CARACAS.- The revolution has launched a plan to terrorize
citizens protesting and end rebellion in the streets, perfect reissue of the government strategy used in 2017. The first statistics in a single week are very frightening: 35 people were shot dead, while only one young had died at the same time. two years ago, and 850 inmates.

January 23, day of swearing

Juan Guaidó

As the country's responsible president, there were 700 arrests, a record in the history of Venezuela. The number of political prisoners has climbed to 976 today, according to the Criminal Forum. Another historical record

"We have the number corroborated, with the names and surnames, the site and the alleged perpetrator, of 35 people killed in protests across the country," confirmed Rafael Uzcátegui, coordinator of the NGO Provea.

Despite the evidence gathered by human rights defenders, civil society organizations and political activists, in addition to audiovisual documents circulating on social networks because of the blackout on TVs and radios, Chavismo deny any accusation. "They want to create false positives to blame the government, we will not kill anyone," said Diosdado Cabello, number two of Chavismo yesterday.

"It's a mbadacre, Venezuelans die every day, information continues to arrive, but many have not been able to do so because, from the inside of the country, they spend hours without electricity or Internet" , denounced the lawyer Ana Leonor Acosta. Voluntad Popular, the party of political prisoner Leopoldo López and Guaidó himself, brings to 43 the number of violent deaths.

Relatives of the victims indicated that the authorities had pressured them and threatened to falsify the documents indicating the causes of the deaths. "They trade with pain," Uzcátegui said.

Despite the short time that has elapsed, there are already torture, ill-treatment, badual abuse, arbitrary detentions and underage persons. The charges consist of obstruction of public roads, resistance to authority, public instigation, invasion of public or private property "and, in the most serious cases, terrorism", a crime punishable by a term of imprisonment. go up to 30 years in prison.

The most serious, human rights defenders pointed out, is the use of the Special Operations Forces (FAES) of the National Police to repress, persecute and even kill protesters, especially in the poorest neighborhoods of the country.

"People are searched at night, a violent break in their homes, they come in and take them away," said Gonzalo Himiob, referring to the performance of this police force, described as "extermination group" by the NGOs themselves.

"This is a commando group with a long list of human rights abuses, this group is used to spread terror," added Marino Alvarado of Provea on FAES. .

MP Delsa Solórzano, one of the drafters of the amnesty law that the parliament is currently discussing to pardon the military and civilians who contribute to the restoration of constitutional order, called on FAES members to stop killing Constitution For her part, MEP Adriana Pichardo invited the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, Michelle Bachelet, to visit Venezuela and to "testify to crimes against humanity".

Lilian Tintori, wife of Leopoldo López, the opposition prisoner at home, brought the amnesty bill to the Sebin (intelligence service) of Caracas, where MP Juan Requesens is detained. "The way they treat political prisoners is inhuman," he said.

Regional leaders such as Laura Gallo, mother of Gabriel Gallo, coordinator of the vice president in Yaracuy, a state still chaviste, surprised not to be on the street. From where the harshness of the answer: several detainees, naked, were beaten with baseball bats by agents inside the jails.

Even the churches were not saved from the officialist attack. Fifteen people were injured or injured during the attack on the Church of Guadalupe, San Francisco, in the oil state of Zulia. The Maturín Cathedral could protect several hundred opponents persecuted by paramilitary groups.

In the same city, Aurora Suárez, 24, is imprisoned. At home, his one year old baby is waiting.