Venezuelan General Francisco Yánez Recognizes Juan Guaidó as Acting President | World

"I write to inform you that I do not recognize the authoritarian and dictatorial authority of Nicolás Maduro, nor Juan Guaidó as acting president of Venezuela," said Yánez, who appears in uniform in the video, performed in an unknown place. .

Yánez, director of strategic planning of the Bolivian Air Force High Command at La Carlota Air Base, east of Caracas, said that "90% of the Bolivarian National Armed Forces (FAN ) are not with the dictator, but with the people of Venezuela ".

"With the events of recent hours, the transition to democracy is imminent, continue to send the armed forces continue to suppress our people, it is continue to die of hunger, disease and, God we in preserve, fight us, "warned.

According to General Yánez, "Democratic colleagues" of the presidential aeronautical group told him that "the dictator has two planes ready every day". "Will & # 39; in" Stressed he.

"It's a blow for the FANB, even if it does not have any command," AFP Rocía San Miguel, a military expert, told AFP.

Guaidó, who will lead Saturday a demonstration demanding the departure of Maduro from power, offers amnesty to the military who are trying to break the main support of the government, the armed forces.

#SepaQue Major General Francisco Esteban Yánez Rodríguez, Director of Strategic Aviation Planning, ignores Maduro and recognizes @jguaido as Acting President. "90% of the FANB is not with the dictator, he is with the people of Venezuela," he said. "I invite all Venezuelans to peacefully descend on the streets and defend our president Juan Guaidó." [2] [2] [3] My comrades in arms, I ask you not to turn your back on the people of Venezuela, do not repress more, "he added.