A Venezuelan army colonel ignored Nicolás Maduro and asked the armed forces to allow the entrance of humanitarian aid

A third highest official Venezuelan army announced that she recognized the president in charge of Venezuela, Juan Guaidó, president of the National Assembly and Leader of the Opposition, statement that feeds the versions on the l & # 39; Discomfort of the barracks.

The active colonel of the army Rubén Paz Jiménez He said, in a message posted on social networks, that he did not know Nicolás Maduro as president and he asked his companions in arms to support Guaidó, who declared last month president in charge of Venezuela.

"Let's be brave Do not be afraid United, the armed forces, the people and President Guaidó will rebuild Venezuela", said the senior official, baduring that"90% of the armed forces are unhappy"

"We are used to keeping them in power," he added. He also called the Minister of Defense, Vladimir Padrino López: "reconsider, or history will judge".

Colonel, who also identified himself as a doctor, asked the army to allow the entrance of humanitarian aid to Venezuela. "We can save many lives," he added.

At the beginning of the recording, the uniform acknowledged that he had paraded on January 23 during an opposition demonstration, in the form of recorded images broadcast on social networks.

Paz Jiménez is the second official who rebels against Maduro in one week. The active general Francisco Esteban Yánez Rodríguez, who was working at the Office of Strategic Aviation Planning, announced on February 2 in a video posted on YouTube that he did not know the leader of the left and urged his Military comrades at "Do not turn your back on the people of Venezuela. Do not repress more"

Late last month, the military attache of the Venezuelan Embbady in Washington, Colonel of the National Guard, José Luis Silva, also ignored Maduro and called on the army to restore the democracy in Venezuela. After his statement, the Ministry of Defense posted on his Twitter account photographs of the colonel in which he was identified as "traitor" and noted in a statement that will be placed in "active reserve" at the end of July of this year.

In the midst of the struggle that the government and the opposition have been waging since last month, the high command of the armed force has repeatedly expressed its open support for Maduro, but doubts persist as to whether this position is supported by the middle and lower levels of the military, composed of some 200,000 more men who make up the militias estimated at nearly 1,700,000 people. The armed force is Maduro's main base of support.

The statement of the top official inscribed in a fight between the regime and the opposition for a humanitarian aid plan implemented by the National Assembly, which has a majority of opposition, with the support of the United States and Colombia.