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Soldiers arrested after a call for resistance

In Venezuela, has been detained by a group of soldiers on Monday after a call to resistance against the controversial socialist head of state Nicolás Maduro .

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Soldiers arrested after a call for resistance

In Venezuela, has been detained by a group of soldiers on Monday after a call to resistance against the controversial socialist head of state Nicolás Maduro . 27 members of the national guard were taken according to the Maduro-Familiar Diosdado Cabello in custody. The group had asked the population in a video message, to go against Maduro "on the road". The failed uprising occurred two days before planned mass protests against the President.

According to the army, had stolen the men on Monday morning at 02.50 a.m. (local time, 07.50 GMT) at a military Outpost in the Eastern city of Petare-mounted weapons. They had encountered "strong resistance". They had taken four soldiers of the support point caught.

Subsequently, the group was moved to a barracks in the Listed in the North of the capital, Caracas. There, the men would have recorded the Video, in which they called for resistance against Maduro. In the social media popular Video, a representative of the group announced that they recognize Maduro's presidency. He called on the population to protest. "I need your help, go on the road."

a Short time later, the members of the group were arrested. 25 of them had been taken in Listed, two more at other places, said Cabello. He is the President of the constituent Assembly, with the Maduro, the Parliament, de facto, had deprived of power and is considered the second most powerful man in Venezuela.

The stolen weapons had been secured, said the Minister of defense Vladimir Padrino. "In this moment, these individuals deliver the intelligence services and the military justice information." The men, the "whole hardness of the law threatened". According to local media, they were brought in the largest military complex in the country, Fuerte Tiuna,.

tear gas against residents

military and police forces used tear gas against local residents who gathered after the call to the alleged army personnel at a military post in the North of the capital, Caracas.

support for receiving the captured soldiers by the President of the disempowered Parliament, Juan Guaidó. The incident demonstrated the "General feeling", in the army of the Lord, he tweeted. "The Parliament is obliged to provide the members of the armed forces, which actively contribute to the restoration of the Constitution , all the necessary guarantees." For Wednesday mass Opposition protests against Maduro are planned.

the EU and the US does not recognize election results

The Opposition-controlled national Assembly, Maduro had called in the past week, officially as a "usurper" and an Amnesty for insurgents, soldiers decided. The country's Supreme court annulled the decisions on Monday. The Parliament had no legitimate Bureau, therefore, all decisions of the national Assembly were "null and void", declared the court, which is considered loyal to the government and the authority of Parliament does not recognise.

President Guaidó had been taken in front of a good week briefly from the secret service, after he had called for mass protests against Maduro.

The controversial head of state, had on 10. January, his second term started. The presidential election last may had been however the largest part of the Opposition boycotted. It recognizes the result as well as the EU, the USA and a number of Latin American countries. Aside from the political crisis, Venezuela also suffers from a severe economic crisis with shortages. (nag/sep/sda)

Created: 21.01.2019, 19:18 Uhr

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