The Chavista regime ordered the arrest of 18 civilians and soldiers as part of the Libertad operation against Nicolás Maduro

The Attorney General of Venezuela, Tarek Saab, reported Friday having asked for the arrest of 18 civilians and military for their alleged involvement in Operation Liberty, a mobilization against Nicolás Maduro's regime led by interim President Juan Guaidó since April 30th.

"We have asked for 18 arrest warrants against civilians and conspirators at the moment, some of them in the case of the army, the lieutenant colonel"He said on the state channel VTV.

He also said that, as part of the judicial process opened by the prosecution to investigate the uprising on Tuesday in Caracas, 17 raids although he did not give more details about it.

"Significant evidence has been gathered and there will be many more (inmates), probably because they betray many of those who were detained"he said, and said the people involved in these events "will be severely punished because they are traitors to the country".

Saab He also referred to the opposition Leopoldo López, party leader in which the Guaidó militia, mocked the house arrest he was in and supported the uprising until last Tuesday. , when he settled in the residence of the ambbadador of Spain to VenezuelaJesús Silva, where he was welcomed as a guest.

"He went to the embbady of Spain and looked into this very serious and unfriendly gesture of the Spanish government … This man has been there for days, he has not been there. is not a guest, he is a coward who is hidden there .. Mr. Leopoldo López is a coward "he maintained.

The prosecutor accused Lopez of having "put to death" about 40 people during anti-government protests of 2014, while the opposition was accused of acts of violence generated in the midst of these protests.

A court in Caracas ordered Thursday to capture Lopez for violating "the measure referring to the condition relating to political positions through communications (conventional) and unconventional, national and international, thus demonstrating the non-subjection to measures".

The court also ordered Lopez to continue serving his sentence – which he has already served for five years, two months and thirteen days – at the Ramo Verde military prison, where he was held until the end of his sentence. mid-2017.