Leopoldo López: "The soldiers have released me on the order of Juan Guaidó, I am at the base of La Carlota, everyone must mobilize"

"The soldiers released me in accordance with the order of the Constitution and President Guaidó. I am at the base of the Carlota. Everyone to mobilize. It's time to conquer freedom. Force and Faith, "said Lopez from his Twitter account, which he was using for the first time since September 17, 2017.

López was since 2014 serving a sentence of 13 years and 9 months, accused of inciting violence during a series of protests against Nicolás Maduro's regime during the same year.

In 2017, he was placed under house arrest and transferred to his home, where he has since been banned from speaking in public.

Shortly before his release, the acting president appointed by the National Assembly in defiance of the Maduro regime, Juan Guaidó, announced the beginning of the "Final phase of the Libertad operation" to initiate the "end of the usurpation" of Chavez's power.

"All Venezuelans who want the freedom to come here, at the distributor of Altamira to accompany our brave soldiers, to accompany the people, began the cessation of the" usurpation "Lopez said in a short video.

"To all the brothers of the National Armed Forces, it is the moment, we know that the suffering of the people is your suffering," he added.