Maduro regime agents arrested by two other journalists

Two journalists from the Spanish news agency EFE were arrested Wednesday night by intelligence agents in Caracas, which adds three reporters of this media arrested in less than 24 hours.

It's about the Colombian cameraman Mauren Barriga and the Spanish journalist Gonzalo Domínguez, told AFP the director of EFE in Venezuela Nelida Fernández.

In the morning, Colombian photographer Leonardo Muñoz was arrested, who entered Caracas with his two companions on January 24 to cover the delicate Venezuelan political crisis.

According to the director, Barriga and Domínguez were reportedly arrested by agents of Bolivian intelligence services (Sebin) They were waiting for them at the hotel where they were staying.

After asking them to recover their belongings, they were taken to the Helicoids, headquarters of the Sebin.

"They were taken after being badured, to me and to the EFE lawyers, that we were going to be able to be with them to the Sebin, which did not happen because we closed the barrier when we tried to follow them inside the helicoid. "said Fernandez.

The agents said that they needed to "interview" them, he added.

11 journalists have been arrested in the last two days, according to the National Union of Press Workers of Venezuela.

These arrests add to those of French journalists, Pierre Caillé and Monster's Baptist, of Quotidien, a popular program of the television channel TMC.

The two were arrested Tuesday with their local producer – the Venezuelan Rolando Rodríguez– When they recorded images in the vicinity of the Miraflores presidential palace, diplomatic sources confirmed to AFP.

Journalists were also arrested Tuesday near Miraflores Rodrigo Pérez and Gonzalo Barahona, of Chilean TVN, who were deported Wednesday night.

Venezuelan journalists were also arrested with them Maikel Yriarte and Ana Rodríguez, who accompanied them and have already been released.