Freddy Guevara’s mother demanded from Maduro’s regime “faith in the life” of her son

The dictatorship of Nicolás Maduro The kidnapped opponent Freddy Guevara on Monday. The politician was traveling in a truck through an avenue in Caracas, Venezuela, when regime security forces intercepted him and took him to the Helicoid, an iconic building in the Venezuelan capital used by Chavismo as a detention center.

A few hours after his arrest, Chavismo argued that he had been arrested by terrorism and betrayal. This was stated by Venezuelan Attorney General Tarek William Saab, who said in a statement that Guevara had a history of “Links to extremist and paramilitary groups associated with the Colombian government.”

And this Wednesday the mother of Freddy Guevara, Zolaida Cortez, posted a video on social networks to denounce that more than 48 hours have passed since your arrest and you still don’t know where you are his son, held incommunicado by Chavist agents. “I demand that the regime tell us exactly where it is, give us a life faith of my son and allow his lawyers and his father to visit him, ”the woman said.

The United States on Tuesday urged the Chavista regime in Venezuela to immediately release Guevara, warning that his arrest casts doubt on Nicolás Maduro’s declared willingness to negotiate with the opposition.

Joe Biden’s government condemned the “Unfair detention” Freddy Guevara’s Monday, as well as the continued “harassment” of his ally Juan Guaidó, the leader of the opposition considered as interim president by Washington.

“These reprehensible acts are incompatible with efforts to create the conditions for comprehensive negotiations between the Venezuelan opposition and the regime of Nicolás Maduro to resolve the crisis in Venezuela,” State Department spokesman Ned Price said at the meeting. of a press conference. “We call for the immediate release of Congressman Guevara and urge the international community to join in condemning his detention in the strongest terms.”added.

Kevin O’Reilly, a senior State Department official dedicated to Venezuela, said that Guevara’s arrest “absolutely unacceptable” and calls into question the credibility of the elections for mayors and governors scheduled for November in the South American country.

Freddy Guevara, a 35-year-old former student leader and member of Parliament led by Guaidó who was elected in 2015 and is recognized by the United States, He was part of the opposition group that last week met with a delegation from the European Union studying the possibility of sending an election observation mission to Venezuela for the November 21 elections.

(With information from AFP)

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