Eduardo González
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs assured yesterday that “it continues to demand official and verified information from the Venezuelan authorities on the arrest of two Spaniards”, as well as “clarification of the charges of which they are accused”.
According to official sources from the Ministry, “Foreign Affairs continues to demand official and verified information from the Venezuelan authorities on the arrest of two Spaniards, as well as clarification of the charges of which they are accused”. José María Basoa Valdovinos and Andrés Martínez Adasme have been arrested and accused in Venezuela of preparing an attack against Nicolás Maduro. The Bolivarian regime has linked them to the National Intelligence Centre (CNI).
“The Spanish Embassy in Caracas is in contact with the Venezuelan Foreign Ministry, to which it has informed that it will exercise diplomatic and consular protection of its nationals. We keep the families informed on a regular basis”, it added.
According to Venezuelan Interior Minister Diosdado Cabello, both Basoa Valdovinos and Martínez Adasme “have links” with the National Intelligence Centre, which is “deeply involved in an operation to recruit “terrorists to come to Venezuela.”
Sources from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs reported the following day that “Spain denies and rejects any insinuation of being involved in an operation to destabilize politics in Venezuela” and assured that “the Government has confirmed that the detainees are not part of the CNI or any other state body.” “Spain defends a democratic and peaceful solution to the situation in Venezuela,” they added.
The Spanish Embassy in Caracas has sent a verbal note to the Government of Venezuela “requesting access to the detainees, in order to verify their identities and nationality and, if verified, to know exactly what they are accused of and that they can receive all the necessary assistance.” “The Embassy – the same sources added – will ensure at all times the protection and rights of any Spaniard detained in Venezuela.”
