The Venezuelan authorities stated on Thursday that they have been looking for the arrest of Juan Guaidó, the previous opposition chief who’s in exile in the USA.
Legal professional Common Tarek William Saab stated Venezuela’s Public Ministry had requested a warrant for Mr. Guaidó’s arrest. He stated Mr. Guaidó had used the sources of the state-owned oil firm, Petróleos de Venezuela, for his personal profit, claiming that his actions had price the Venezuelan authorities $19 billion.
Mr. Guaidó denied the accusations on social media, saying that “that is how the dictatorship’s machine for selling lies works.”
Mr. Guaidó turned the face of the resistance to Venezuela’s authoritarian authorities throughout large-scale protests in 2019, when he took the helm of the legislature, declared President Nicolás Maduro an illegitimate ruler and appointed himself the nation’s interim chief, a daring transfer backed by the USA and dozens of different nations.
However as he did not make progress towards dislodging Mr. Maduro, his assist waned at dwelling and abroad. Final 12 months, his colleagues within the opposition dissolved his interim authorities.
The Public Ministry stated in a press release on Thursday that prosecutors had been appointed to challenge the warrant for Mr. Guaidó’s arrest and that the federal government would ask Interpol to challenge a “purple discover” to governments worldwide asking that he be detained.
