The government still has no information on Jose Maria Basoa And Andrés Martinez Adasmethe two Spanish citizens arrested by the Chavista regime.
The Minister of Foreign Affairs spoke today by telephone with the Venezuelan Minister of Foreign Affairs, Yván Gil, whom he asked to confirm the identity and location of Basoa and Martínez, who, according to the Venezuelan government, are being held for belonging to the CNI and working in an operation with the CIA aimed at destabilizing Venezuela with a series of terrorist attacks, with which they planned to assassinate Nicolás Maduro, Delcy Rodríguez and Diosdado Hair.
“At this time, we still have no confirmation of the identity, location or charges against the two detained Spaniards,” Albares said, stating that the Defense Minister, Marguerite Roblesassured him again that “these two citizens have no connection with any Spanish public body, much less with the CNI.” This was stated last Saturday by the Minister of Foreign Affairs, Diosdado Cabello, when he declared at a press conference that these two young Basques were at the air base of Port Ayacucho taking pictures of infrastructure and were intercepted while trying to buy explosives.
According to Cabello, Basoa and Martínez were part of the CNI and worked alongside the CIA to attack the regime. The government was quick to deny this information coming from Venezuela. They were direct: “They are not part of the CNI”At the same time, the Foreign Ministry has set to work to try to gather information on Basoa and Martínez, who have been missing since September 2.
It so happens that the announcement of these arrests came a day after Venezuela summoned its ambassador to Madrid for consultations following some words from Minister Robles, who on Thursday evening, He called the government of Nicolas Maduro a “dictatorship.”.
The escalation of tensions in diplomatic relations between Spain and Venezuela began on September 8, when the opposition leader Edmundo Gonzalez He landed in Madrid on an armed forces plane from Caracas. Two days later, the Congress of Deputies recognized him as the elected president of Venezuela. On Thursday morning, despite the great political value of the result of the vote in the Lower House, Pedro Sánchez received Edmundo González at the Moncloa Palace for a discreet meeting that amounted to an informal walk.
In this week of diplomatic crisis, the Foreign Affairs already knew that Basoa and Martínez were detained. The families of the two men reported their disappearance to the Ertzaintza On Monday 9th and the following day, they confirmed that they were being detained. Even though a week has passed and the government has José Luis Rodriguez Zapatero —who has links with the Chavista regime through Delcy and Jorge Rodriguez—, from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs claims to have no information on the two arrested.
