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Author: El Pitaso

It was 4:00 pm on July 29th when Indian Coromoto fell. The crowd has been protesting since the morning. Guanare in protest against the results of the presidential elections announced by the President of the National Electoral Council (CNE), Elvis Amoroso.

At every crossroads in the city there were burning tires and various people on the streets. Hundreds of vehicles waved tricolor flags and blew horns as they moved in a caravan.

in a bottle Indio Coromotowhere the avenues of José María Vargas, José Vicente de Unda and Simón Bolívar coincide, hundreds of people gathered to manifest their discontent and demand transparency of the elections. “If we won with Edmundo, then how can the government say that Maduro won?” protesters.

The protest against the use of the vials flared up from 3:00 p.m. At no time was it seen that state security forces carried out preventive monitoring or patrolling of the area. ” police And Guard “They arrived after the Indian fell,” said residents of Maturin, a popular neighborhood located within the monument’s perimeter.

There was an Indian shot down And dragged in a motorized caravan along the main streets center from Guanare without any resistance from the protesters to the event. Finally, after three hours of walking, the mass of wrought iron stood in front of the headquarters of the state executive, under the watchful and inactive gaze of the riot police contingent. Everything seemed to indicate that the men in uniform were satisfied.

An improvised flagpole was installed on the pedestal. National flag. Protesters renamed the monument Vial of FreedomThis was expressed in graffiti printed on the yellow circle.

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Yohana González (mother), Albimar Niño (daughter), Emma Mendoza (sister) and Andreina Hinojosa (mother), relatives young people arrestedThey agree that “the arrest was staged.” They claim that these were young workers who were walking the streets to get to their homes.

“None of the boys acted in a clan, as the prosecutor wants us to believe. They are not terrorists. They were not captured during the burning of the Indian. They were arrested on the night of the 29th in different areas. They do not know each other. They also do not appear in the videos of protest incidents circulated on social networks, the women in El Pitazo say, demanding a serious and objective investigation.

Collective listening

Zambrano Gonzalez, Niño Torin, Mendoza Castillo and Peñalosa Hinojosa placed in command General of the State Police. They were transferred to the 311th National Guard Detachment to carry out the initial judicial acts.

The soldiers were transferred to military barracks in Guanare. the youth for an oral argument at midnight on Tuesday, July 30. “The act was nothing more than a legal formality to comply with the legal deadline for detainees to appear, which is set at 48 hours after arrest,” said attorney Yeline Soto, who was not allowed to take the oath as a private defense attorney.

The natural judge of Zambrano González, Niño Torín, Mendoza Castillo and Peñalosa Hinojosa Lisbeth Karina Díaz – head of the 1st Control Court – together with the 1st Public Prosecutor of the Ministry of Public Affairs, Javier Uzcátegui, rejected competition for find out about their affairs.

“The cases were not individualized. They were added in one procedure. Earlier, Prosecutor Saab decided to transfer the case to the Caracas Metropolitan Court, which specializes in crimes related to terrorism” he condemned Jose Torresregional coordinator of a public organization Crime forum.

Thus, on August 1 at 15:51, the Caracas court was set up to celebrate via video call oral hearing on the dismissal of the motion. Judge Angel Betancourt and National Prosecutor 48 Maria Ojeda, accompanied by Public Defender 41 Samuel Serrano, concluded that young people will be investigated under imprisonment.

Young people they accused of crimes blocking public roads (Article 357 of the Criminal Code), arson of a public building (Article 343 of the Criminal Code), incitement to hatred (Article 20 of the Law on Combating Hatred, Intolerance and Peaceful Coexistence) and terrorism (Article 52 of the Basic Law on Combating Organized Crime and the Financing of Terrorism).

The defendants were provided with legal technical assistance by the Office of the Public Defender, which has jurisdiction over criminal liability. in spite of requirements relativesWhat They turned to private defense lawyers.The court approved the General Command of the State Police, based in Guanare, as a place of detention.