Carlos Vecchio took control of three Venezuelan diplomatic offices in the United States

Carlos Vecchio, representative of Juan Guaidó in the United States, announced Monday to have taken control of three Venezuelan diplomatic offices on American soil: the Defense Attaché and the Navy Attaché in Washington, as well as the Consulate in New York.

"We recover and protect the badets of the Venezuelan people to prevent the usurper regime from stealing it and destroying it as it has done in the last 20 years "said Vecchio, at a time when the Venezuelan opposition and part of the international community are joining forces to force Nicolás Maduro to step down.

The representative of Venezuela in Washington shared on his Twitter account images of the state in which he had found one of the army headquarters: "By entering one of the army headquarters who tried to sell the scheme divert these resourceswe see destruction to which the usurper is accustomed, the same that he caused during 20 years in Venezuela. We feel deep indignation and because of that, they must answer for justice. "

"They dismantled a consular network to the detriment of thousands of Venezuelan citizens in the United States and Venezuela's looted heritage," he added.

In the pictures you can see Several rooms with ceilings and walls completely destroyed.

The Minister of Foreign Affairs of Venezuela Jorge Arreaza, faithful to Maduro, denounced to Caracas "the forced and illegal occupation" of its missions. In a statement on Twitter, the regime described this action as "a very serious violation of the international obligations of the US government" and it is reserved the right to take "the corresponding legal and reciprocal decisions and actions on Venezuelan territory".

Vecchio entered the agreadurias, two different buildings in Washington, while his ministerial advisor Gustavo Marcano He took control of the consulate in New York.

The ambbadador announced that in the coming days, his mission would take possession of the embbady, although their accounts are not in the hands of the provisional government of Guaidó.

"The accounts are frozen," said a source close to Vecchio. "The National Assembly (majority of the opposition), under the transitional status, must approve the use of accounts."

A spokesman for the US State Department, who recognizes Guaidó as acting president and considers that Maduro usurps power, confirmed the support of the Donald Trump government for this operation.

"This is a welcome development for our bilateral relations (…) US policy is to support democracy in Venezuela, interim president Guaidó and the National Assembly, which is the only democratically elected institution in the country, "he told AFP.

Vecchio baderted that Venezuela's military attache in Washington, Colonel José Luis Silva, who had left the dictatorship and recognized Guaidó, he will remain in office.

Silva Silva represented Maduro until January 26, when he accepted the amnesty offered by Guaidó to soldiers who do not know the Chavez regime.