The relatives of the two Spaniards detained in Venezuela, originally from Bilbao, presented a complaint to the Ertzaintza to report his disappearance on September 9th.
As confirmed by the Basque Department of Security, the relatives alerted the Basque Police of the situation generated, who took measures and were able to confirm that both were detained in Venezuela, a circumstance of which the families were informed.
Venezuelan Interior Minister Diosdado Cabello announced on Saturday the arrest of two Spanish citizens, José María Basua Badovinos and Andrés Martínez Adasme, who have “links to the Spanish National Intelligence Center” and figures close to the Venezuelan opposition that is preparing “a plan to assassinate” the country’s president, Nicolas Maduro.
On his side, andThe Spanish government has denied that both belong to Spanish intelligence services. and said the embassy in Caracas had sent a note verbale to the Venezuelan government “requesting access to the detainees.”
Likewise, the objective of the Spanish embassy is “to know exactly what they are accused of and that they can receive all the necessary assistance.”
Out of Spain since August 17
The relatives of the two missing persons also warned the past September 9, via social networksthat the missing men had last been seen in Inírida, Colombia, on Monday, September 2, heading to Puerto Ayacucho, Venezuela. As they detailed, both were traveling without a guide and had not heard from each other since their last phone connection, which occurred the same day.
The two Basques They took a flight from Madrid to Caracas on August 17where they rented a vehicle that they were supposed to return on September 5, which they did not do. On August 31, they would have left by boat from Puerto Ayacucho to Colombia and this Sunday they would have had to take a flight to return to Madrid.
