The Venezuelan government added tension on Sunday to its already weak diplomatic relations by insinuating the participation of three Latin American countries in the attack against Nicolás Maduro on August 4. Communication Minister Jorge Rodríguez asked Mexico, Colombia and Chile to clarify if they had anything to do with that attack, carried out with drones during a military parade. The accusations leveled against Bogotá are not new – Maduro himself pointed to former President Juan Manuel Santos – but on this occasion the Chavista apparatus, increasingly isolated on the international board, goes further. Ismael Gerli.
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The alleged evidence used by Rodríguez is based on the testimony of one of the detainees. Henryberth Rivas Vivas, alias Morfeo, alludes in a video released by the Executive to the logistical support of those countries to facilitate the escape of those responsible. “The Embassy of the Republic of Chile … Who is this official to whom this man should contact to hide and then escape?” Asked the minister. “The Colombian embassy’s business manager has to explain how it is that were going to serve as a vehicle to transfer him to Colombia. And the Embassy of Mexico if they were in the process of triangulation to make the escape effective. The Embassy of Chile must remember that it serves as a safeguard for one of the most violent gentlemen of the Venezuelan opposition, Freddy Guevara, “he continued in reference to one of the anti-Chavez leaders.
Rodriguez said that the person in charge of challenging these governments will be the foreign minister, Jorge Arreaza, and issued a warning that already sounds like a sentence. “In case of terrorist acts, there is no diplomatic immunity, nor for the concealment of terrorists.” In addition, he insisted on involving the opposition deputy Julio Borges in the attack, whom Maduro threatens to imprison in almost every intervention, and demanded his extradition from Colombia. Borges believes that these words reflect the weakness of the regime in the face of regional pressure.
