Venezuela: ordered that Leopoldo López be arrested again

A Venezuelan court today ordered the arrest of Leopoldo López, leader of the anti-Chávez movement, in the residence of the Spanish ambbadador for two days after violating his house arrest. and joined the failed civil-military uprising led by Juan Guaidó last Tuesday. .

Lopez has canceled the measure of house arrest "for gross violation," according to a press release issued by the Supreme Court of Justice (TSJ).

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The court notes that the anti-Chavez, deprived of liberty since 2014 and sentenced to nearly 14 years, also violated "the measure mentioned in the condition relating to political positions by means of conventional and unconventional means of communication, national and international standards, thus demonstrating non-subordination to measures ".

"In view of the above, in its decision, the court issued an arrest warrant against the citizen Leopoldo López, the Bolivian national intelligence service (Sebin)," added the text quoted by the court as saying. EFE news agency.

The court also orders Lopez to continue serving his sentence – which he has already served for five years, two months and twelve days – at the Ramo Verde military prison, where he was detained until he was released. in mid-2017.

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Meanwhile, Lopez 'home has been searched and stolen by several people who have been identified by several witnesses as members of the Bolivian National Intelligence Service (Sebin), according to the Europa Press news agency.

"It was the Sebin, the Sebin of the wicked, because there are rebellious patriots who want the freedom of Venezuela," said Lilian Tintori, wife of Leopoldo López, on the Spanish public television (TVE), when his entry home for the first time the damage.

Tintori and López are in the residence of the Spanish ambbadador in Caracas, where they were received, although they did not ask for political asylum.

Lopez was released Tuesday by a group of military officials and Sebin who had joined the Speaker of Parliament, Juan Guaidó, proclaimed interim president and recognized by 54 countries.

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With Guaidó, he participated in a military uprising with about 40 soldiers who went to La Carlota Air Base, which reactivated the detonator of the opposition protests in Venezuela.