The Supreme Court has banned Juan Guaidó from leaving Venezuela and froze his accounts

The Supreme Court of Justice

Venezuela

he banned the leader of the opposition

Juan Guaidó

Leave the country and your bank accounts have frozen. These sanctions come one week after the president of the National Assembly has proclaimed himself president in charge of the Caribbean country and that he has been recognized by different countries of the world.

According to the president of the Supreme Court, Maikel Moreno, the legislator will not be able to "leave the country without authorization until the investigation is over" against him, among others provisional measures requested by the public prosecutor.

The court also prohibited Guaidó from "alienating and encumbering" the badets of his property and ordered the "blocking and detention" of his bank accounts and any other financial instrument in his possession on the property. Venezuelan territory.

The decision was taken just seven hours after Attorney General Tarek William Saab asked to freeze the badets and ban the country's departure to Guaidó. Last week, this young opponent received from several countries, including the United States and a dozen countries in Latin America, the recognition of an acting agent.

The prosecutor, a former activist of the ruling party, justified the request and said that he wanted the prosecution to develop a "preliminary investigation" against Guaidó. In addition, he blamed it for the "violent events" that occurred in the country since January 22nd and for directing the actions that led foreign countries to demand measures to freeze the state's badets. Venezuelan.

This represents a new escalation in the confrontation between the government and the opposition majority of the National Assembly, who asked the United States and other countries in the region and Europe to protect their badets, which could block access to Maduro. public goods.

Earlier, the US government had announced that it would allow Guaidó to control Venezuelan badets that are in the federal reserve of that country.

"I do not reject threats and persecution at that time," Guiadó told the question about the prosecutor's actions. He added that he would continue to exercise his functions with the powers conferred on him by the Constitution to participate in the humanitarian emergency and protect the badets of Venezuela. He also reported that the majority of the opposition in Congress had approved the appointment of Venezuelan diplomats in the United States, Argentina, Canada, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, Honduras, in Panama and Peru.

US response to sanctions against Guaidó

The White House security advisor, John Bolton, has called these measures "illegitimate threats" and reiterated on his Twitter account that "there will be serious consequences for those who will try to overthrow democracy and hurt Guaidó ".

In addition, the US State Department warned its citizens not to "surrender" to Venezuela in the face of arbitrary disorder and detention of Americans.

For his part, the executive secretary of the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights, Paulo Abrao, baderted that if Saab's actions endangered the life and physical integrity of the politician, the IACHR could bring the case before the Court.