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The Minister of Foreign Affairs of PortugalAugusto Santos Silva, denounced what the accusations dNicolás Maduro’s regime “makes no sense”, after Diosdado Cabello said that the uncle of the president in charge of Venezuela, Juan Guaidó, tried to enter Venezuelan territory allegedly with “explosive materials” with the collusion of the Portuguese authorities, and assured that his detention is nothing more than a “way to intimidate” the opposition leader.
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Guaido’s uncle, Juan José Márquez, accompanied the interim president when he was arrested on Tuesday on arrival in Venezuela from a flight from Lisbon chartered by the airline TAP Air Portugal.
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Hair attacked the airline Portuguese saying that “The TAP airline are not saints. There will be an investigation “. Then he asked “why did the airline allow it? They are very restrictive, you wear an open eye drop and it is confiscated, so how do they let these things go?” Exclaimed the president of the National Constituent Assembly (ANC) integrated only by Chavistas, in relation to the supposed “explosive material” that the socialist authorities say he carried with him the uncle of Guaidó.
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“When we saw the passenger list, we didn’t see a Juan Guaidó anywhere. The Portuguese believe that we are assholes”, Finished Hair, number two of Chavismo.
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In that sense, Portugal’s Foreign Minister denied these accusations, which you have considered devoid of “meaning” and remembered that, With regard to “the very serious crisis” in Venezuela, the situation “cannot be resolved with intimidation and arbitrary detentions.”
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Santos Silva further noted that, Márquez’s detention is nothing more than “a way to intimidate President Guaidó”, according to statements made to the station TSF Radio News.
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For its part, the portuguese airline indicated by Hair also rejected such accusations and remarked that “It is impossible” to travel with explosives in their planes because They have security mechanisms that detect them.
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“In the rules of TAP and of all the airlines allied to IATA, it is not only forbidden to travel with explosives but the list includes batteries”, said a representative of the Portuguese company, according to the provisions of La Patilla.
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IATA rules detail that at airports the use of security scanners is mandatory after the attacks on the Twin Towers in 2002. Even the explosive detection mechanisms are becoming more sophisticated.
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“The procedure is intended to verify the goods that will be transported by people, who pass through a metal detector arch and their luggage by X-rays. Additionally, they can be asked for a Explosive Trace Detection test: a non-procedure invasive that detects nanoparticles from a sample of the passenger or luggage ”added the spokesperson of the company.
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The president of the Constituent Assembly said that Márquez “entered the flight with a bulletproof vest” which, according to Cabello, did not declare it upon entering the country and was wearing it.
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Further, taught some alleged bills of the vest, which would have been apparently bought by Juan José (JJ) Rendón, a Venezuelan political strategist persecuted by the Chavismo who lives in exile in the United States since 2004 and currently integrates the interim government of Guaidó.
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He added that Marquez brought with him an “Israel handbook, which specifies his culture and religious belief” in addition to accreditations of the delegation that accompanied the interim president during his visit to Canada.
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Márquez is in pretrial detention, after he was arrested after landing Tuesday in Caracas with his nephew. According to Cabello, he tried to introduce “very dangerous” material in Venezuela, including a flashlight with explosive C4 hidden inside.
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After being stopped by the Chavista forces, He was held at the premises of the Directorate of Military Counterintelligence (DGCIM) in Boleita (east of Caracas). On Wednesday night, it was learned that he was transferred to the Macuto Courthouse in Guaira, Vargas state, where he had a presentation hearing.
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“I hold you responsible, Maduro, and your minions, for what happens to you,” President Juan Guaidó said after his uncle was transferred to Chavista courts.
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This Thursday Joel Garcia, Juan Guaidó’s uncle’s lawyer, gave a press conference in which he denounced that the file opened to his defendant “It’s a vile and gross assembly.”
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“How do you explain, for example, that you have not been accused of association to commit crimes, terrorism and treason? Why, with so many people in the airport that February 11, did not look for two witnesses for the review of Marquez? Without a doubt, Juan Márquez is an instrument to pressure Juan Guaidó, ” the lawyer pointed out.
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(With information from Europa Press)
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