Venezuelan dictatorship ordered the arrest of an Infobay journalist

In a new attack against freedom of expression, the Venezuelan dictatorship ordered arrests this Monday Sebastiana Barrez, Infobay journalistand another group of communicators and human rights activists.

In statements to the country, the Attorney General of the Chavista regime, tarek william saabAlso mentioned Tamara Suzu, Vander Villalobos, Norbe Marin, and retired soldiers Mario Caratu Molina and Jose Colinawhom he accused of having links to “terrorist actions and White Bracelet operations”.

“The crimes for which he is being investigated are: treason, intentional homicide classified as an attempt in the person of the President of the Republic, intentional homicide classified as an attempt in the person of the Governor of the State of Táchira, terrorism and association,” the Chavista prosecutor said.

During his statement this Monday, Saab said that from last May till today, many conspiracies have been registered against dictator Nicolas Maduro. According to him, five new conspiracies were carried out.

“As a result of the information collected, on January 19, 14 arrest warrants were requested from the Second Anti-Terrorism Control Court against military and civilians associated with these plans, which were agreed to,” he said.

In this sense, the prosecutor of the Venezuelan dictatorship reported that Anelo Julio Heredia Gervasio, Guillermo Enrique Cesar Siero, Tomás Martínez Macias and Carlos Jesús Sánchez Vázquez, Ronald Alejandro Ferrer Vera, Guillermo Henry Cesar Siero, Tomás Martínez Chico and Diana Desiree Victoria were detained. was taken. blond.

He also detailed that he had been detained since last May A total of 31 people – between civilians and military –and announced that new arrests would be made in the coming days.

Regarding former soldier Anelo Heredia, he indicated that he was detained on January 16 in a rural area near the border in Táchira: “This civilian had two arrest warrants, one by military jurisdiction and the other by civilian jurisdiction. ” The Chavista regime accused him of participating in a plan to attack the 21st Infantry Brigade of the Bolivarian Army, based in Táchira. Saab said that Heredia’s intention was to take control of that military body’s weapons, and then make an attempt on the life of Freddy Bernal, the governor of that Venezuelan state, and “subsequently begin escalating terrorist acts until the attempt is made.” The President’s Life.” Nicolás Maduro, the void indicates the direct involvement of many military and civilians.

Suzu spoke about this arrest warrant on her social networks: “Even if you don’t believe it, Tarek William Saab accused me of treason for ‘legalizing actions in the media’ as a collaborator of the new show, Terrorism etc., to condemn the disappearance of Angelo Heredia, who until today finally admitted that he has him.”

“Dictatorship’s prosecutors continue to criminalize the work of lawyers and human rights defenders.”Because they need to control it so that people in the country feel completely unsafe (…) Families and officials are fed up of seeing how crimes against humanity continue, they are my best source of information, “They said.

And he concluded: “How pitiful you are William Saab, defender of the crimes committed against humanity by a tyrant.”

The announcement comes at a time when the international community, led by the United States, is demanding the Maduro regime Release of all political prisoners and guarantee of free elections.

Last November, the Inter-American Press Association (IAPA) warned that a “continuous and systematic censorship regime” that “generates self-censorship among independent media” persists in Venezuela:Journalists are surrounded by the regime“They are harassed and intimidated when they try to cover social protests or report irregularities and corruption.”

In its report, IAPA said at least 22 specific cases that illustrate oppression of the pressThese include the closure of stations and information spaces within them, intimidation of journalists and media outlets by public officials, and blocking of digital portals.

Dictator Maduro and the regime’s leadership have dozens of complaints of human rights violations and crimes against humanity from various organizations such as the OAS and the UN. Additionally, the International Criminal Court (ICC) is investigating these crimes.