The Ministry of Foreign Affairs Exteriors denies that Spain is involved in “a destabilization operation politics in Venezuela” and “categorically reject any suggestion“in this sense. This was reported on Sunday by official sources from the department headed by José Manuel Albares, after the Venezuelan government announced on Saturday the Arrest of two Spaniardsin the Caribbean country for his involvement in an alleged operation to attack Nicolas Maduro.
Venezuelan Interior Minister Diosdado Cabello also said that the two arrested people had links to the National Intelligence Center (CNI), an extreme already denied on Saturday by the Spanish executive. Foreign sources now insist that “the Government has verified that The detainees are not part of the CNI or any other state organisation“.
“Spain defends a democratic and peaceful solution to the situation in Venezuela,” say the aforementioned government sources, in full Escalation of tensions in diplomatic crisis with the Caribbean country, after last Friday the Minister of Defense, Marguerite Roblesrod “dictatorship“to the Venezuelan executive, which responded call your ambassador for consultations in Spain and also summoning the Spanish representative to Caracas.
Additionally, last week, Congress urged the government to recognize as president-elect of Venezuela to the opposition candidate, Edmundo González Urrutia, who is located in Spainwhere he has been requesting political asylum since last weekend.
The Maduro government announced this Saturday the arrest of two Spanish citizens, three Americans and a Czech, for their involvement in an alleged operation against the Chavista regime. Cabello explained that the Spaniards had been captured in Puerto Ayacucho and maintained that they had confessed their “active participation” in this operation.
The detainees were identified as Andrés Martínez Adasme and José María Basoa Valdovinos and the Spanish government has always denied his membership in the CNI. After learning of the arrest, the Embassy of Spain in Venezuela asked the Venezuelan government to have access to the two detainees, accused of terrorism, for verify their identity and their nationality and, if they are Spanish citizens, know exactly what they are accused of and that they can receive all the necessary assistance.
Relatives of the arrested persons, both from Bilbao, They had reported their disappearance to the Ertzaintza Monday and the Basque police discovered that they were being held in Venezuela, as reported by the Basque Security Department. For his part, Adasme’s father told ‘El Mundo’ that his son and the other detainees They were on vacation, he denied belonging to the CNIand explained that contact with them had been lost since the beginning of the month, which is why alerts were posted on social networks.
He Basque Government is in contact with the families of the two Bilbao residents to “give them support” and make available “everything they may need or require.” Sources from the Regional Executive explained to the Efe agency that, through the area of External Action, diplomatic channels remain open to know the situation on both sides.
