The director of the secret police of Venezuela breaks his relations with Nicolás Maduro – 01/05/2019

In a climate of tension in the streets of Venezuela, Christopher Figuera, director of the strategic intelligence service Bolivarian National (SEBIN), wrote Tuesday a letter to Venezuelans in which has confirmed his departure from Nicolás Maduro and He said that it was time to "rebuild the country". It is about the most relevant resignation to date by a member of the security forces who support Chavismo in power.

Figuera said that he was still loyal to Maduro, but that Venezuela had suffered an already unsustainable deterioration. Although he does not name the opposition leader Juan Guaidó, he wrote: "The time has come to look for other ways of doing politics."

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"You can not live in poverty in such a rich country. This generation that is in childhood will grow up with the defects produced by poor nutrition and irreversible damage, "said the military officer who runs the SEBIN since October 2018. As it happened, his wife would already be outside Venezuela.

SEBIN's police were responsible for release on Tuesday the opposition leader Leopoldo López from his house arrest, but Maduro declared the night on the official radio and television network, and then all members of this group abandoned the rebellion and returned under the command of their superiors.

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In the same speech, the chavist chief confirmed that the new chief of the secret police is the interrogated general, Gustavo González López, who he was dismissed six months ago after the confused death of Advisor Fernando Albán at the agency's headquarters.

Maduro-controlled Constituent Deputy Gerardo Márquez said on Tuesday morning that Figuera was among the leaders of the military movement in favor of Guaidó.

"Major General Manuel Christopher Figuera is the one who virtually runs the operation," he said in a radio interview.

Source Agencies AP and EFE