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| Solórzano demands respect for military detainees who rose in Cotiza |
| 2019-01-22 |
| [ELUNIVERSAL] The vice president of the Human Rights Committee of Parliamentarians, Deputy Delsa Solórzano, demanded Monday "respect" for the officials of the Bolivarian National Guard (GNB) detained after expressing that they did not know Nicolás Maduro as president of the Republic. Through a message posted on her Twitter account, the parliamentarian called for "respect for life and due process, guarantees established in our Constitution" for detained officials. In the early hours of this Monday, an irregular situation was presented in the Command of the Bolivarian National Guard (GNB) of Cotiza. One of the rebel officials, identified as the sergeant major of tecera Valdren Figueroa, said that "they asked us to defend the Constitution and here we are with the troops." After this pronouncement, statements were generated in Cotiza that were later dispersed with tear gas by members of the Special Actions Forces (FAES) and General Directorate of Military Counterintelligence (Dgcim). At least 14 GNB troops were tossed in the clink Drop the heater, Studs, or you're hist'try! for this act after "stealing weapons from the detachment of Urban Security" in Petare and -according to statements by the president of the National Constituent Assembly (ANC), Diosdado Cabello-, "attempt to attack the peace through violent maneuvers aimed at generating anxiety in the Venezuelan people. " |
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