More than 70 People Have Been Arrested in Venezuela. The Government Argues that There Are Threats to National Security.

CNN en Español More than 70 people have been detained in Venezuela as of Friday for alleged threats to national security, Interior and Justice Minister Diosdado Cabello reported at a press conference. He added that the group includes both Venezuelans and foreigners, but did not provide any evidence of the accusations. CNN contacted the Ministry to request more information about the detainees and is awaiting a response. Earlier this week, Cabello…

CNN en Español More than 70 people have been detained in Venezuela as of Friday for alleged threats to national security, Interior and Justice Minister Diosdado Cabello reported at a press conference. He added that the group includes both Venezuelans and foreigners, but did not provide any evidence of the accusations. CNN contacted the Ministry to request more information about the detainees and is awaiting a response. Earlier this week, Cabello…

Among them is an Argentine. Juan Pablo Guanipa, a leader linked to opposition leader María Corina Machado, was also arrested. They are accused of integrating a supposed “terrorist network” that sought to “conspire” against this Sunday’s elections, where 24 governors and 285 national legislators are elected. Read more

Nicolás Maduro's government said the group planned "terrorist acts" in embassies, police commandos, hospitals, service stations and oil facilities.

Interior Minister of the Chavista regime, Diosdado Cabello, reported this Friday of more than 70 arrests in recent days, including several foreigners, for a supposed violent plan to "boicotize" the fraudulent regional and parliamentary elections of this Sunday 25 May. In a press conference broadcast by the state television channel Venezolana (VTV), Cabello pointed out that, among the foreign detainees, there are four citizens with Pakistani nati…

Diosdado Cabello, Minister of Interior and Justice, reported this Friday about the seizure of 700 kilos of cocaine in Venezuelan waters. “At this moment, a group of officials of Venezuelan State security agencies, in coordination with the Foreign Ministry of other countries, is holding a vessel in Venezuelan waters with more than 700 kilos of cocaine in Venezuelan waters. [...] The entry Incautan 700 kilos of cocaine in Venezuelan waters was fir…