The opposition leader recounted details of the events. Members of the Bolivarian National Police intercepted her and shortly after, after an order, they released her. “They are divided inside,” he said.
The opposition leader Corina Machado confirmed this Friday that she was kidnapped and released on January 9 by agents of the Bolivarian National Police. after participating in a demonstration in the streets of Caracas, Venezuela. According to his interpretation, it was a sample of the “deep contradictions within the regime.”
This Friday, in parallel with the assumption of a new mandate in Venezuela by Nicolás Maduro, Machado released a video highlighting the multiple protests that occurred in his country and in other cities around the world and denounced that “a coup d’état” was perpetrated. Then, he recounted the events he experienced last Thursday, after participating in a protest in Caracas.
According to Machado, he left the protest on a motorcycle driven by a man and accompanied by two other motorcycles. Then, there were armed members of the Bolivarian National Police They tried to intercept it but failed. “They had long weapons,” he said.
“We were able to advance,” Machado continued, “and at the Altamira distributor I heard several shots. The motorcycles of the Bolivarian National Police intercepted us, an official asked me my name to confirm that it was me and immediately behind, I was abruptly and forcefully pulled off the motorcycle and they put me on another one, in the middle of two men.
During the trip, Machado heard that they were going to take her to prison. Shortly after, Surprisingly, the motorcycles stopped and told her that they had given the order to release her. They asked her to record a video “as a pledge of life” and they let her leave. He walked for hours through Caracas until he reached “a safe place,” he said.
“It is evident that what happened to me yesterday shows the deep contradictions that exist within the regime. Their erratic performance is another demonstration of how they are divided inside,” he assessed.
Nicolás Maduro was sworn in as president of Venezuela for the third time
Nicolás Maduro was sworn in as president of Venezuela for the third time. It will last six years and he stated that he will enforce “all the obligations of the Constitution and the laws of the Republic.” He also remembered the late Hugo Chávez. after the act, It will have its border with Colombia closed until next Monday.
The questioned swearing-in of Nicolás Maduro as president of Venezuela
Maduro began his speech by stating: “Before this great National Assembly, Legislative Branch of the Republic, before visitors and delegates from 125 countries, before the people of Venezuela, I swear.” Continuing, he also listed a number of the country’s leaders: “I swear by Bolivarby Sucreby Urdanetaby Manuela Saenz. “I swear by the eternal memory of our beloved chief and commander Hugo Chávez.”
Source: Ambito
