Five Venezuela opposition members “saved” from Caracas, now says

Five Venezuelan political figures occupied in the Argentine Embassy in Karakam to avoid arrest, was brought to the United States after the “successful rescue” mission, said State Secretary Marco Rubio.

“Now welcomes the successful rescue of all hostages in the Argentine Embassy in the Argentine Embassy in Caracas,” he wrote Rubio on the post on X. “After precise work, all hostages are now on American soil.”

Venezuelan forces surrounded the Embassy since last year, where five politicians against President Nicolás Maduro took off the refuge.

Venezuela is the opposition leader Maria Corina Machado said she was grateful “to all those who enabled it.”

Machado deleted their escape as “a flawless and epic surgery for freedom of five heroes”.

They received their permission to remain the Government of the Argentine President Javier Mila, whose country was among several, the results of the last election of Venezuela in July, which Maduro gave the third Mad.

The Argentine Ministry of Foreign Affairs thanked Rubia and the US Government “for a successful surgery that ensured the freedom of asylum seekers for Venezuelan in our Embassy in Caracas”.

Last year, oppositions published pictures and videos of officials from the country’s intelligence service that surround the Embassy complex, saying they were under “siege”.

They also accused the Venezuelan government to cut electricity and water services into a compound.

At that time, the Venezuelan Government said that she was forced to take action after alleged evidence of “terrorist activities and assassination attempts” against Madura and his deputy.

In November, they now called security operations outside the Embassy seriously violating international law.

“We demand that the Venezuelan regime respects its international obligations, ceases to these frightening actions and guarantee a secure passage for asylum seekers,” said the US Embassy in Venezuela at the time.

Rubio did not confirm the names of those who were saved, but five opposition members who were removed in the Argentine Embassy were Magalli Honey, Pedro Urrushurt, Omar Gonzalez, Humberto Villalobos and Claudia Macero.

It is unclear that five worked to leave the compound, and what role we played in your escape.

The embassy based was represented and guarded by Brazil because diplomatic relations between Argentina and Venezuela failed last summer due to the outcome of the presidential elections Venezuela.

But in September, the Venezuelan government revoked Brazilian guardianship over the embassy in an apparent attempt to remove diplomatic protection.