Relatives of the two Spanish citizens, both from Bilbao, detained in Venezuela accused of being part of an alleged US-led operation to assassinate Nicolas Madurothey had reported his disappearance to the Ertzaintza Last Monday, the Basque police learned that they had been arrested in the Caribbean country.
As reported by the Basque Department of Security, the families of the two men went to the Ertzaintza police station on Monday to report that they had traveled to Venezuela and that “They couldn’t contact them for days”The Basque police have taken “appropriate steps”, according to these sources, and I found out that both of them had been arrestedwhich was transmitted to both families, although the reason for the arrests was not given.
The Venezuelan government announced on Saturday the arrest of two Spanish citizens for their involvement in an alleged operation aimed at carrying out “terrorist” actsamong them the assassination of President Maduro, and that according to Chavismo “they have links” with the National Intelligence Center (CNI), what was denied by the Spanish government.
The father of Andrés Martínez Adasme told the newspaper ‘El Mundo’ that his son and the other person arrested, both from Bilbao, They were on vacation, and he is not from the CNIThe Spanish embassy in Venezuela, for its part, is waiting to have access to the two detainees to verify their identity and nationality and, if they are Spanish citizens, to know exactly what they are accused of and so that they can receive all the necessary assistance.
