Venezuela: an Argentine gendarme was detained when he tried to enter the country

Venezuela: an Argentine gendarme was detained when he tried to enter the country

The first reports from Argentine diplomacy suggest that The Government of Venezuela itself would have informed Brazil unofficially that the arrest was due to suspicions of illegal espionage. of cash, originally from the province of Catamarca but who provides services in the province of Mendoza. National Foreign Ministry denies that version and assures that negotiation bridges have already been opened with the management of Ripe through Colombian and Brazilian diplomats, who are currently representing mediation between both nations.

The Argentine gendarme was identified as Agustín Nahuel Gallo and his visit to Venezuelawhere he entered making a previous stop in Colombia, did not have any diplomatic implications, but rather were about his vacation. Relatives of the cash point to what is found “detained” (situation in which you can legally remain up to 30 days) since last week.

The first official to speak out on the matter was Patricia Bullrichwho published on his social networks: “An Argentine gendarme crossed into Venezuela to visit his wife and daughter and was detained by the Chavista regime. We demand the immediate release of this Argentine citizen. Maduro, every minute you hold on to him will be one more step towards your own end.”.

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Foreign Ministry denounces that the lives of refugees in the Embassy are “in danger”

Last weekend, Argentine Foreign Ministry expressed this Saturday “utmost concern” given the situation of the Argentine embassy in Caracasbesieged by the Venezuelan government of Nicolas Madurowhich asks for delivery of six opposition refugees at the diplomatic headquarters. The Government states that “the lives of six asylum seekers face imminent danger.”

“We demand that the Maduro regime immediately deliver the safe-conduct passes that guarantee their safe exit,” the Foreign Ministry requested on its social network account X, at the same time that it called on the United Nations, the OAS and all countries “to adopt firm and urgent measures.”

Since August 1st, and after Javier Milei does not recognize the electoral victory of Nicolás Maduro In the last elections, national diplomacy abandoned the E buildingArgentine embassy in Caracas and assigned its custody to Brazilian authorities. In September, the Venezuelan government itself revoked permission for Brazil to manage the buildingwhere political refugees opposed to Maduro live.

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Agustín Nahuel Gallo, the Argentine gendarme detained in Venezuela.

One of them, Pedro Urruchurtu Noselliwarned that at 6:55 p.m. on November 30, after “a week of continuous siege of the Argentine Embassy in Caracas” the building continues “without electricity and prevent access to drinking water”. “The water tank has just been emptied, after rationing what was left“he remarked.

Source: Ambito

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