The United States evacuated the Venezuelan Embassy in Washington and Chavismo announced retaliation

Finally, after several weeks of warnings, US authorities on Thursday arrested the last four members of the group of Chavez activists who took the Venezuelan Embbady in Washington. From the Caribbean country, the reaction of Nicolás Maduro's government was immediate: "We evaluate the answers under the principle of reciprocity ".

Chavez activists took the embbady several weeks ago to prevent the entry of representatives appointed by opposition leader Juan Guaidó after the withdrawal of diplomats appointed by the Chavez government. rupture of relations between the two countries.

The US Secret Service "executed federal orders of detention against persons who were inside the embbady, ​​"said one of the spokesmen for the agency, Mason Brayman, according to EFE.

"Four people were arrested inside, but I can not confirm if it was the secret service; This is a violation of the Vienna Convention, "said Ariel Gold, director of NGO Code Pink, who organized the embbady.

The Venezuelan opposition has shown its support for the action of the police. "Outside the invaders of our embbady. The usurpation has stopped. It took time and effort, but we met the Venezuelans. Thank you to the United States Government, the State Department and the security forces for supporting the implementation of international laws and treaties, "Guaidó's diplomatic representative before Washington, Carlos Vecchio, told Twitter.

At the same time, Venezuelan Foreign Minister Jorge Arreaza warned that his government "reserves and evaluates responses under international law, protected by the recognized principle of reciprocity".

In a series of posts on his Twitter account, Arreaza felt that the building of the Venezuelan Embbady was "taken and invaded for an unprecedented police deployment. "

For his part, Nicolás Maduro rejected what he described as a "brutal badault". "It is an illegal act that violates the Vienna Convention and the international law in force, we will denounce it to the UN!"