Venezuela: Dozens injured and arrests of two dissident deputies for several hours – 06/04/2019

As the tension mounted, the opposition launched 358 marches throughout the country on Saturday, mainly in Caracas. But in Maracaibo, the regime's security forces cracked down on protests and arrested two dissident deputies who were later released, legislator Adriana Pichardo said. There are at least 30 wounded in the fray.

Legislators are Renzo Prieto and Nora Bracho, said the parliamentarian in an audio broadcast broadcast by the press team of Juan Guaidó, acting president appointed by Parliament and who called for this day of protests.

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Pichardo pointed out that the arrest "violates the parliamentary immunity" of lawmakers. But the regime generally disregarded the immunity of parliamentarians, even holding the Guaidó cabinet chief, Roberto Marrero, national deputy.

According to Pichardo, the wounded in Marcaibo report injuries caused by shots. The markets seek to denounce the energy crisis that the country is going through and to demand free elections. But the regime is hardening.

"The crackdown was brutal: from a helicopter, they fired tear gas bombs, they sent tanks of the Guard and, once the army is repressed, the collectives (armed civilians)", said to AFP MP Elimar Diaz, maracaibo march.

According to Díaz, in the area where the army "repressed, there was no electricity".

"The rationing is 18 and 20 hours, it is an inhuman rationing, we even spend days without energy (…) What Zulia lives, it is a nightmare and the response of a regime is the repression of a people who has the right to protest, "remarked the parliamentarian.

Caracas. agencies