In the midst of the tensions after the Argentine demand for the freedom of Nahuel Gallo, the Public Ministry of Nicolás Maduro’s government ordered to prosecute the kidnapped gendarme for “terrorist actions in Venezuela“. The measure bears the signature of the Attorney General of the Bolivarian Republic, Tarek William Saab.
In addition to ratifying his version of the events and the investigation into Gallo, the Maduro’s regime directly targeted Milei’s management and maintained that “the statements and actions carried out by the Argentine government, using the relatives of the accused, as well as the judicial resolution taken by the Federal Chamber of Mendoza, make clear the complicity of the authorities of that Nation in the subversive plans “that seek to attack the Venezuelan State and its legitimate institutions by any means possible.”
“Having complied with the corresponding procedural deadlines as provided for in the Organic Code of Criminal Procedure, the Public Ministry informs that the Mr. Nahuel Agustín Gallo has been detained for having attempted to enter the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela irregularly. hiding his true criminal plan under the guise of a sentimental visit,” confirms the text about Gallo’s arrest.
Despite the documentation presented by the Argentine Ministry of Security – which shows that Venezuela authorized Gallo’s entry into its territory -, the Maduro regime assures that the Argentine gendarme “is subject to the respective investigation for his connection to a group of people who attempted from our territory and with the support of international far-right groups execute a series of actions destabilizers and terrorists“In this sense, the Public Ministry maintained that Gallo is “at the disposal of the judge” as established by the “Constitution and national laws.”
Regarding the confrontation against the government of Javier Milei, from Caracas they fired: “The statements and actions carried out by the Argentine government, using the relatives of the accused, as well as the judicial resolution taken by the Federal Chamber of Mendoza, They make clear the complicity of the authorities of that Nation in the subversive plans that seek to attack the Venezuelan State and its legitimate institutions by any means.“.
“This Prosecutor’s Office, as well as all Public Powers, remain firm in the supreme duty to preserve and defend peace, sovereignty and the principle of self-determination of peoples, as fundamental pillars on which our Republic is built,” the document states.
The Government presented documents that affirm that Venezuela authorized the entry into the country of the kidnapped Argentine gendarme
Among the documentation presented by the Ministry of Security figure one letter of invitation to the country the gendarme’s wife, Maria Alexandra Gómez Garcia presented to the Venezuelan authorities two weeks before Gallo began his trip. In detail, The Autonomous Service of Registries and Notaries of Venezuela certified the signatures and – as the papers show – authorized the order.
The document reported that Gallo would remain in Venezuela between December 7 and 30. In addition, it also detailed that the Argentine would stay in Puerto La Cruza, a city located 325 kilometers from Caracas.
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For his part, in the letter Gómez García detailed: “My guest, identified above, is making this visit as a tourist, for exclusively recreational and non-profit purposes in the city of Puerto La Cruz.”
In addition to those referring to his entry into Venezuela, the portfolio directed by Minister Patricia Bullrich published another document in which It is known that on November 21, the personnel management of the Argentine Gendarmerie authorized Gallo to leave the country to make a trip abroad between December 5 and January 3, 2025. All documentation was gathered by Security and sent to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Brazil, the country that is in charge of the custody of the Argentine embassy in Caracas.
Thus, the Argentine government continues its bid to demonstrate that the gendarme had not traveled to its territory for the purposes of espionage or terrorismreasons why the Maduro regime justifies its retention and incommunication. The Argentine Foreign Ministry is working on diplomatic efforts to find interlocutors and be able to finalize Gallo’s release.
Source: Ambito
