The Venezuelan exile asked Juan Guaidó to intercede for the two soldiers detained in the United States

The Organization of Venezuelan Persecuted in Exile (Veppex) on Thursday questioned the Speaker of the Venezuelan Parliament, Juan Guaidó, intercede with the US government in favor of two military who are detained in Laredo (Texas) by the immigration authorities.

The biggest Hugo Parra and the first lieutenant Erik Molina They were surrendered on April 11 at US entry points in Laredo, Texas to the US immigration authorities, to whom they had applied for political asylum, confirmed EFE the president of Veppex, José Colina.

The head of the organization said the two soldiers were in the border town of Cucuta, Colombia, where they suffered "threats and attacks"and they were forced to"leave the country and seek greater security", given the fact that their lives were in danger.

"Both recognized the interim presidency (of Venezuela) as a legitimate institution and placed themselves at their command."and so Veppex asks Guaidó to"defender of the liberation of those who promised to turn their backs on Nicolás Maduro's usurper regime"

"To leave them in the dark and without any protection would be a dangerous act that could alienate potential allies inside and outside Venezuelan territory," the organization said in a statement. release, which also sent the same request to the US State Department.

The group stressed that The United States was the first country to recognize Guaidó, head of the Venezuelan parliament and leader of the opposition, as president in charge of the country and is currently his "main ally", hence the need for inmates to address the current federal administration.

The two soldiers still in the custody of the immigration authorities and who entered the country through Mexico, they are part of fifty Venezuelan officers who applied for a visa to enter the United Statesamong some 1,200 Venezuelan soldiers who went to Cúcuta.

"They have expressed their intention to come to the United States as the situation goes"said Colina, who pointed out that in some parts of the border between Colombia and Venezuela, guerrilla groups and soldiers who recognized Guaidó had still not been arrested and had received threats.

"You can not turn your back on those who have recognized him as commander-in-chief of the armed forces," said Veppex, who recalled that the secretary general of the Organization of American States, Luis, said: Was expressed in the same terms. Almagro