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Venezuela opposition leader arrested ahead of tense election
- Venezuelan opposition figure Juan Pablo Guanipa was arrested on May 23, 2025, in Caracas days before regional and parliamentary elections.
- Interior Minister Diosdado Cabello said the arrest resulted from a foiled terrorist plot allegedly led by Guanipa aimed at sabotaging Sunday’s elections.
- Authorities detained over 70 people, including foreign nationals, seizing explosives, weapons, and electronic devices related to planned attacks on infrastructure.
- Guanipa called his arrest a kidnapping by Maduro's regime, while opposition leader María Corina Machado condemned the crackdown as “STATE TERRORISM, pure and simple.”
- The arrests reflect ongoing government repression amid contested elections, prompting opposition vows to boycott the vote and raising doubts about electoral fairness.
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Venezuelan Minister of the Interior Diosdado Cabello reported the arrest of the far-right politician Juan Pablo Guanipa, who was allegedly the head of a group that was plotting terror attacks in embassies, hospitals, police stations, public utilities, subway stations, electricity, oil and service facilities, and against public figures amid the upcoming May 25 elections. “Throughout yesterday and today, right at this moment, Venezuelan security a…
Venezuela opposition leader arrested ahead of tense election
Leading Venezuelan opposition politician Juan Pablo Guanipa was arrested Friday (May 23) on charges of conspiring to sabotage upcoming parliamentary and regional elections that the opposition has vowed to boycott. The arrest of Guanipa, a 60-year-old former MP and close ally of opposition leader Maria Corina Machado, comes amid rising tensions ahead of Sunday's election.
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