In the building are the six people who are being held under political asylum, persecuted by the government of Nicolás Maduro.
During this Saturday afternoon, it emerged that Hooded agents of the Maduro regime began to surround the Argentine embassy in Venezuela. According to the activist Pedro Urruchurtu Noselliofficials from the Directorate of Strategic and Tactical Actions of the Bolivarian National Police Corps (DAET) and the Bolivarian National Intelligence Service (SEBIN) were present with long weapons.
Urruchurtu has been holed up in the Argentine diplomatic residence since March, along with five other people, after the arrests of Henry Alviarez organizational coordinator of Machado’s movement, Vente Venezuela, and the national political secretary of that movement, Dignora Hernandez.
At that moment, the Prosecutor’s Office He issued arrest warrants against other opposition figures and it was then that the Argentine Embassy decided to offer them refuge. The accusation against him was for the alleged crime of conspiracy.
In addition, they indicated that the same people blocked access to the street, in order to intimidate the six opponents who have been held for months in the diplomatic facilities, under political asylum. Following this, The Foreign Ministry issued a statement repudiating the situation.
The Foreign Ministry statement
In the letter, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, International Trade and Worship detailed: ”The Argentine Republic condemns the acts of harassment and intimidation against asylum seekers at the Argentine Embassy in Caracascurrently under the diplomatic protection of the Brazilian government.
Furthermore, they added that ”the deployment of armed forces, the closure of streets around our Embassy and other maneuvers constitute a disruption of the security that must be guaranteed to diplomatic headquarters in accordance with international law, as well as to those who have requested diplomatic asylum”.
”The Argentine Republic makes a call to the international community to condemn these practices and demand the necessary safe passages that allow asylum seekers to leave the country. In addition, thanks the government of Brazil for representing Argentine interests in Venezuela, assuming the protection of diplomatic premises, and for their efforts to guarantee the safety of asylum seekers against harassment by the Venezuelan regime,” they added.
Finally, they reaffirmedits commitment to the defense of human rights, respect for international standards and the safety of those in asylum situations”.
Source: Ambito
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