The Spanish Jose Maria Basoa Valdovinos And Andrés Martinez Adasme were arrested by the Venezuelan government, which accuses them of being part of a “terrorist” plan by National Intelligence Center (CNI) of Spain to “physically eliminate” Nicolas Maduro in a coup d’état. Both had been missing since September 2, when they were in Colombia on their way back to Venezuela.
As reported by the family in a search statement via social networks, both had arrived in Caracas on August 17 on a flight from Madrid. There, they rented a rental car.
Later, on August 31, they left by boat from the tourist area of Port Ayacucho to Colombia. In that country, they were last seen on Monday, September 2, in the Inírida region.
The same day, they informed their families that they were going to return to Puerto Ayacucho on another boat, but They never heard from him again..
Also, they were supposed to return the rental vehicle on September 5th, but they didn’t. They had planned return to Madrid last Sunday 8theven though they didn’t do it either.
The Venezuelan Minister of the Interior, Diosdado Hairrevealed on Saturday that both were being held, along with 12 other people, accused of being part of a “destabilization operation” of the Venezuelan government. According to Cabello, they have “links with the Spanish National Intelligence Center” and with figures close to the Venezuelan opposition, and they are allegedly preparing a plan to assassinate the country’s president, among other terrorist actions.
Sources from the Spanish Executive, for their part, have denied any link between the detained Spaniards and the CNI. Embassy of Spain in Caracaissued a verbal note asking the Venezuelan government to provide “access to the detainees” to verify their identity and “know What are they accused of? Exactly”.
