The denunciations of Luis Carlos Díaz who deny the persecution of the Maduro regime: "They have the capacity to disappear, to exile, to banish"

"The ability to keep fire, the ability to take detainees custody, the ability to disappear, exile, banish, stay,. So why does not he generate the same fear as before? ", Is interviewed Luis Carlos Díaz on March 1 in a video released with his wife, Naky Soto.

Two weeks have pbaded and this journalist and human rights defender He checked with his own body that he was right: Chavismo still has the ability to kidnap and make people disappear. The SEBIN took it on Monday at 17:30.

He disappeared for nine hours, with no trace of him. After an intense social media campaign by his partner and various non-governmental organizations, the authorities acknowledged that he had "arrested".

"The search of the SEBIN at my home is over, played with Luis Carlos. They brought him some handcuffs"Soto said in a video that he released Tuesday morning.

With Rafael Uzcátegui, general coordinator of Provea, a human rights NGO, and Marco Ruiz, general secretary of the National Union of Press Workers, Soto called a march to demand the release of Diaz.

"I invite you to join me at 11 am, at the Office of the ProsecutorLuis Carlos Díaz, a journalist and human rights defender, must claim full freedom, "he said.

Diaz has long been the target of the regime's threats. From his Twitter account and his radio show, he constantly denounced the constant abuse of the government of Nicolás Maduro and the plight of the daily newspaper in Venezuela.

Among the various platforms that explain what is happening in the country, he carried out a thorough follow-up of the power outage that affects a large part of the country since last Thursday. He tweeted hours before being kidnapped.

"They no longer say it was an attack, or that there were two, no, the new number is five (5) consecutive attacks against the electrical system., according to official spokesmen. It's the hyperinflation of excuses, "he wrote.

Previously, he had denounced the privileges of the circles of power, including the possibility of receiving priority attention for the arrangements and the restoration of the service.

"That the authorities privilege the areas where they live is a mockery against all the cities and towns that were mbadacred without electricity for 94 hours. Yes, there are places that will fill 4 full days without food. They have already lost everything in the refrigerator, "he wrote on his Twitter account Monday.

He is also encouraged to contradict the dubious official versions of the events. "What we know up to now, is that the service is not restored. There have not been many power outages (or several cyber attacks, as Chavez says). There was a mbadive mbadive failure that they did not recover yet and that's why the electrical service is partial, dangerous and very poorly rationed. "

Díaz revealed the humanitarian disasters that cause the lack of electricity, which prevents hospitals from taking care of serious patients. "There have already been dozens of deaths in the hospital as a result of power outages in recent months. Many billionaire investments in the electricity sector have been stolen, "he said.

But it's more than what the regime seems willing to tolerate. For that, Diosdado Cabello, president of the Constituent National Assembly, accused him last Friday of being linked to an implausible plot. international that caused the power failure according to Chavez, who until now has presented no evidence.

In fact, he presented a supposed "proof". A very rough video in which they took their statements with tips on how to stay informed in the middle of the "blackout". Diaz clearly spoke about the information failure that the country has been suffering from widespread censorship for years, but Cabello said he was referring to the power outage and, as he said before that this happened, accused him of having participated in the so-called sabotage.

"The video is a defamation, it handles recommendations against Internet blockages that are just as useful for everyoneeven they look like those who give their activism, "Diaz told Cabello's prosecution.

Soto gave more details on this material. "We asked our disciples to send us questions of all kinds. The question of how to act before an information breakdown has been distorted"

The reporter also revealed the looting that is occurring in the midst of the desperation caused by the lack of food. "In #Maracaibo, people came to loot a food distribution center in Monaca," he said yesterday..

"The country of the prison, the potential Mad Max, the pranato. The herd where the authoritarian authorities forbid people to make the resolution to control it, "he said in another tweet.

Diaz could not hide his indignation at the decision of the security forces to prevent food from entering at the border. "I still find no reason for the military to prevent people from entering the country with food for their families, and I worked on this issue in 2015 when they closed the food pbadage. in La Guajira and accused the native Wayúu of "bachaqueros y contrabandistas" more control. "

Last year, Díaz published an article about the persecution suffered by those who tell what is happening in Venezuela through social networks, the only platform on which the regime can not intervene. "Imprisoned for tweeting", was the title of the play, published in Digital Rights.

"Without specialized software, it's enough for Venezuelan intelligence agencies to arrest people for monthssometimes at random and sometimes for criticism that disturbs government officials. More than two dozen tweeters have known dungeons under Nicolás Maduro's government, "he wrote.

Provea expressed during these hours his concern about the possibility that Diaz is tortured in order to self-incriminate. It would not be the first time that SEBIN has embarked on this terrorist practice.