Gallo entered making a previous stop in Colombia, it did not have any diplomatic implications, but rather it was 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 Sunday, December 8.
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.
The gendarme’s partner spoke: anguish, fear and uncertainty
Maria GomezGallo’s partner, spoke for the first time about what he described as a ”kidnapping”, and gave details about the last communication he had with him.
”They found messages from me where I criticized the Venezuelan government. I imagine that hurt him in some way,” he began, in dialogue with DNews. Likewise, he provided information about Gallo’s travel itinerary, since it had initially emerged that his trip to Colombia was for an official mission: “We bought a flight itinerary with a stopover in Colombia because we were not well off financially. “Nahuel was never on a mission in that country.”
He continued to explain that, upon entering Venezuela, Gallo was unable to take his scheduled flight: “They took him out of San Antonio del Táchira and They took him to Caracas without giving him the right to a call. There is no other way to call it: it was a kidnapping“he asserted.
“I never imagined this could happen to us. We thought that by doing everything legally, there would be no problems. If he was a spy, he wouldn’t have crossed the border showing his identity“She added, contextualizing that they both live in Mendoza, but that she was with her son in the country led by Maduro for personal issues seven months ago.”There are no words to describe the suffering. We did the impossible to meet again and now we are living a nightmare“.
“We were won over by the feeling of being reunited and he was won by the desire to want to hug his son again. We never imagined that this would happen to us“he lamented, and concluded:”We don’t know if he’s okay, if he’s eating or if something has been done to him.. We hire lawyers, but We only know that they took him in a black van.“.
The statements of the brother of the gendarme detained in Venezuela
This Friday afternoon, his brother Kevin He made statements about the current context in which his brother finds himself: “We don’t know where it is. They do not give us news of his status, not even if he is detained.“he expressed anguishedly to TN.
In addition, he specified a detail about his brother’s arrival in the Venezuelan country: “We have the information about the driver who was going to take him to my sister-in-law. He (Agustín) They took his cell phone and his things, they took him out of the car and it seems that the driver lent him his phone to make a call“, recounting the moment where they detained him. Along these lines, he added that the man “said he was a black van from which about six armed civilians got out“.
He also clarified that the gendarme’s partner was alerted thanks to the actions of the driver, and that “he already filed a disappearance report and has no news either. We spoke through the Gendarmerie and they told us that they are already working on it, but we have no news “. Finally, he commented: “We don’t know where they have it. we are afraid“.
The Foreign Ministry called for the “immediate release” of the gendarme detained in Venezuela: “Argentina will not tolerate acts of this nature”
Through a statement, the Argentine Foreign Ministry made official the arrest (which they described as “arbitrary and unjustified”) of Nahuel Agustín Gallocash National Gendarmerie, in Venezuela last week and assured that they work together with the Ministry of Security to guarantee his release.
“The day December 8the aforementioned non-commissioned officer entered the territory of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela from Colombiathrough a land border crossing, crossing the ‘Francisco de Paula Santander’ International Bridge, to head to the Venezuelan town of Táchira, with the sole purpose of visiting his family and his partner, with whom he shares a child in common. “Despite the strictly personal nature of his visit, he was immediately detained, without any legitimate reason and in open violation of his fundamental rights,” the letter detailed.
Subsequently, Chancellery “demands, categorically and immediately, the release of our official. Argentina will not tolerate acts of this nature against its citizens and deplores this type of practices that contravene the essential principles of respect for individual freedom and human dignity.” “Argentina will act with complete firmness in all instances and before alls international organizations to demand the immediate release of the detained non-commissioned officer,” he confirms.
At the same time, the minister Patricia Bullrich published a message 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.”.
Source: Ambito
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