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More than 1,200 people have been arrested this week. In protests against the official result of the presidential elections that Venezuela held on Sunday, the president said this Wednesday Nicolas Madurowas declared the winner of the elections by the National Electoral Council (CNE) on Monday without a thorough examination of all the protocols.
“These are criminals, “We have captured more than 1,200 criminals,” the head of state told dozens of members of the Bolivarian National Guard (GNB, the paramilitary police) in a sector of Caracas, according to a video posted by the Chavista leader on social media.
He also reiterated that these people They were “trained over time” in Peru and Chile.and noted that also in “Texas” and “Columbia” with the aim of going to Venezuela to “attack, burn (…) this is terrorism,” he said.
Photo: EFE
Earlier, at a press conference, Maduro said that “almost 80%” of Venezuelans who returned “On (repatriation) flights from the United States, they are being criminally attacked,” referring to protests that have spread across several regions of the country, especially after the opposition majority assured that its candidate Edmundo González Urrutia had won the presidential election by a landslide.
Maduro names number of detainees exceeds the specified 1062 hours to Attorney General Tarek William Saab, who also noted that 77 members of the state security forces had been injured in the protests, 29 more than the number recorded on Tuesday, when he also reported the death of a sergeant in the Aragua region (north).
Peru has already spoken out about Maduro’s recent statements and called it regrettable that he accuses the Andean country of “training centers” for anti-government protesters which were allegedly “caught in the debris” of the protests.
Photo: Reuters
These demonstrations began on Monday. when the CNE declared Maduro the winner by just over 704,114 votes against González Urrutia, with more than two million votes remaining to be counted, which could change the final results.
The majority opposition assures have more than 80% of the minutes, which he insists will ensure a landslide victory for González Urrutia.
The Carter Center, which monitored the election, said Tuesday that The process “did not adapt” to international parameters and standards the fairness of the elections, therefore “they cannot be considered democratic elections.”
On Wednesday, Maduro said the Carter Center report It already said “for a month” and claimed that the organization was controlled by the US government.
(according to information from EFE And Europe Press)