He Government of Spain He denied on Sunday that he was involved in a destabilization operation in Venezuela and has “absolutely rejected any insinuation” in this regard. Venezuelan Interior Minister, Diosdado Cabello said on Saturday that the two Spaniards detained in the Caribbean country had links with the National Intelligence Center (CNI) of Spain and who were arrested for their involvement in an alleged US-led operation to carry out “terrorist” acts in Venezuelaincluding assassinating the Chavista president Nicolás Ripe. Sources from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Spain They have denied the accusation and have specified that “the Government has found that the detainees (in Venezuela) are not part of the CNI or any other state body.”
“Spain advocates a democratic and peaceful solution to the situation in Venezuela“, added Spanish official sources, at a time of escalating tension in the diplomatic crisis with the Caribbean country.
The Executive of the Spanish Prime Minister Peter Sanchez has reacted in this way to the latest accusations launched by the Government of Nicholas Ripewhich on Saturday announced the arrest of two Spanish citizens, three Americans and a Czech, for their involvement in an alleged operation against the Chavista regime.
The Minister of the Interior of Venezuela He explained that the Spaniards were captured in Port Ayacucho, capital of the state of Amazonas (south, bordering Colombia and Brazil), and said that they had confessed to their “active participation” in the alleged destabilizing operation.
The detainees have been identified as Andrew Martinez Adasme and Jose Maria Basoa Valdovinos.
After learning of the arrest, the Embassy of Spain in Venezuela asked the Government of Ripe have access to the two detainees, accused of terrorism, to verify their identities and nationality and, if they are Spanish citizens, to know exactly what they are accused of and to ensure that they can receive all necessary assistance.
It so happens that the relatives of those arrested, both from Bilbaohad reported her disappearance to the Basque regional police last Monday.
The Basque police then discovered that they had been arrested in Venezuela.
The father of Andrew Martinez Adasme, one of the detainees, told the Spanish newspaper El Mundo that his son and the other detainee, both from Bilbaowho were on vacation, have denied belonging to the CNI and explained that, since the beginning of the month, contact with them had been lost, so alerts were published on social networks to sound the alarm.
The arrests for the alleged operation to attack Ripe and other leaders of the Chavista regime were announced this Saturday amid diplomatic tensions between Venezuela and Spain after the Government Venezuelan summoned the Spanish ambassador in Caracas and called his representative in Madrid for consultations.
He Government of Ripe took that step after the Spanish Defense Minister, Daisy Oakscalled his regime a “dictatorship” and after the Spanish Congress urged the Government to recognize the opposition candidate as the winner of the elections, Edmund Gonzalez Urrutia, which is located in Spainwhere he has requested political asylum.
The Venezuelan government has maintained that after the alleged operation to attack Ripe and its leaders “there is the lady Maria Corina Machado”, main supporter of Gonzalez Urrutia.
