Arrest of 32 people in Venezuela on charges of attempting to assassinate Nicolas Maduro

According to the international group Tasnim News, after months of investigation, the Venezuelan authorities arrested 32 civilians and soldiers on charges of being involved in the US-backed assassination plot against the country’s President Nicolás Maduro.

Venezuela’s Attorney General stated that all the suspects have pleaded guilty to providing information about They have revealed the plan of this assassination.

and were found guilty for their crimes. An arrest warrant has also been issued for 11 other people, including some human rights activists, journalists and some soldiers in exile for plotting the assassination of Vladimir Padrino, the Minister of Defense of this country.

Padrino stated in a news conference that the operation started last year to uncover the details of this plot and it was secret. While it coincided with the talks between US and Venezuelan officials about the exchange of prisoners.

He claimed that this plan was planned by the extreme right was, a group that is usually known as opponents of the Maduro government and has the support of the US Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) and the US Drug Enforcement Administration.

Venezuelan authorities, while broadcasting video images of the head of this group named Maria Corina, promised to arrest more people in this regard without naming names. .

Nicolas Maduro in 2018 for the second time as president Venezuela was chosen. However, dozens of different countries did not recognize his re-election and imposed sanctions on this country, but after the government of this country agreed to hold elections with the presence of international observers in 2024, the severity of the sanctions was slightly reduced. /span>

Meanwhile, Maria Corina Machado, one of Maduro’s election rivals Despite his impressive victory in the primary elections in October last year, he is still banned from public places and offices. He has been disqualified on charges of corruption and supporting sanctions against Caracas.

In October last year, the United Nations Human Rights Committee expressed its concerns about the persecution of the opposition in Venezuela, as well as the harassment, intimidation and arbitrary detention and imprisonment of journalists, human rights defenders and political activists in This country announced.

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