Venezuelan opposition MP Américo De Grazia has fled to the Italian embassy in Caracas before the persecution of the Chavista regime

Americo De Grazia, one of ten deputies of the Venezuelan opposition accused of having supported the Libertad operation launched on April 30 by Acting President Juan Guaidó against Nicolás Maduro, announced Thursday that & # 39; 39, he had taken refuge in the residence of the Italian ambbadador in Caracas, the third, who is housed in a diplomatic headquarters to avoid arrest.

"I will not give the taste to the narco-dictatorship to show myself as a trophy and to use me as a hostage, in exchange for tolerate their crimes against humanity, violation of human rights, corruption, drug trafficking and terrorism. I am still in the fight ", he pointed through his Twitter account; message that was accompanied by a thank you to the Italian government.

"With this action, I do not pretend to be a hero or a martyr. I just want to be useful to my country. To my family, my mother and my children, give them some peace. I know all the limitations that are imposed on me, with this decision that I was forced to make. I reiterate my commitment to Venezuela, "he added.

The information was published by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Italy in a text published on its website, according to which the parliamentarian, married to an Italian citizen, has an ongoing procedure for the recognition of citizenship. Italian

The authorities indicated that will receive "all the guarantees, the protection and the possible hospitality during his stay at the ambbadador's residence, in the strict respect of the diplomatic conventions".

Of Grazia, Magallanes and Blanco are three of the ten deputies of the opposition for whom the Supreme Court of Justice, an organization controlled by the Chavist dictatorship, has ordered criminal prosecution for supporting the Libertad operation, launched by Guaidó.

The decision is also addressed to the following parliamentarians: Henry Ramos Allup (AD), Luis Germán Florido (independent), José Simón Calzadilla Peraza (Progressive Movement), Andrés Enrique Delgado Velázquez, Freddy Superlano, Sergio Vergara and Juan Andrés Mejía.

After the decision of the TSJ on Tuesday, unknown to the National Assembly, the Chavist Constituent Assembly deprived parliamentarians of their immunity.