A Venezuelan deputy sought protection from the Argentine Embassy in Caracas after crossing Maduro

Venezuelan opposition MP Richard Blanco has requested protection from the Argentine Embbady in Caracas. He is one of the ten parliamentarians to whom justice has withdrawn the fueros after being accused of participating in the April 30 uprising against Nicolás Maduro.

Blanco chose to take refuge after the arrest of the Deputy Speaker of Parliament, Edgar Zambrano, for the same cause.

"I did it because after the arbitrary detention of Edgar Zambrano, they called me to tell me that they had already located me," he said. Blanco to the local media. The National.

In this regard, he stressed that he was "a safeguard action"Temporary nature and explained that he is in the Argentine mission"as a guest"I did not fill out any form," he said, referring to a possible application for asylum

Blanco, who arrived at the Diplomatic Legation on Wednesday, said he was in talks with Argentinean Foreign Affairs and Foreign Affairs Minister Eduardo Porretti and Jorge Faurie, among other high – ranking officials. Mauricio Macri's government.

The daughter of opposition MP Andreína Blanco, who has been living in Argentina for years, also confirmed this information. TN. "My father currently resides at the Embbady of Argentina as a guest," he said.

The other members of the list

Blanco is not the first MP to do this. On Wednesday, Mariela Magallanes, married to an Italian citizen, took refuge in the residence of the Italian ambbadador in Caracas, announced the Italian Foreign Ministry in a statement.

Eight other MPs may also be arrested. They are Henry Ramos Allup, Luis Florido, Amerigo de Grazia, Andrés Enrique Delgado, José Simón Calzadilla, who lost their parliamentary immunity, and Freddy Francisco Superlano, Sergio de Jesús Vergara and Juan Andrés Mejía, appointed by the Supreme Court of Justice ( TSJ).

The origin of the TSJ's decision

The TSJ found that the ten deputies "had committed their criminal responsibility for the flagrant commission" of crimes of treason, rebellion, usurpation of office, conspiracy to commit a crime and incitement to the insurrection and hatred of the events of April 30.

Venezuelan justice had already acted in the same way with Zambrano, who was arrested Wednesday by the Bolivian national intelligence service.

However, the TSJ and the Constituent Assembly (an official body) have not yet indicated the self-appointed "president in charge" of Venezuela, Juan Guaidó, who, on April 30, gave as insider the final phase of "Operation Freedom" overthrow the Maduro government.

Endless crisis

The political crisis in Venezuela worsened on January 10, when Nicolás Maduro decided to start a second six-year term that neither the opposition nor much of the international community recognize as fraud.

In response, Guaidó was proclaimed acting president on Jan. 23 in an effort to end "usurpation," create a transitional government and hold "free elections." The United States, most Latin American countries and many Europeans, including Spain, have recognized it.

The military leaders reaffirmed their loyalty to Maduro, who said that "the coup d'état skirmish" had been defeated and had threatened to take legal action against the uniformed men involved.