Armed security forces surrounded the Argentine Embassy in Caracas: what is happening there

Armed and hooded Venezuelan security forces have surrounded the Argentine Embassy in Caracas, where six opposition members are staying. This was reported by UNN with reference to CNN.

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Currently, according to the opposition, six of their representatives are hiding in the embassy, having moved there to escape repression by the Venezuelan authorities on the eve of the presidential election in July.

Pedro Urruchurto, who has been at the embassy since March and is the international coordinator for opposition leader Maria Corina Machado, wrote on Saturday on the X website that armed hooded National Police officers have blocked the streets around the embassy. According to him, drones are hovering over the embassy, and telephone communications have been interrupted.

Omar Gonzalez, another opposition activist living in the embassy, posted a video on X showing Venezuelan police outside the diplomatic building.

Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro has claimed victory in the July elections, despite widespread skepticism at home and abroad about the results.

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Opposition leader Edmundo González, who was recognized by the U.S. last week as the winner of those elections, said in a post on Saturday that the embassy was “besieged by hooded men.

“I'm warning the world about what could happen to other refugees at the Argentine embassy in Caracas,” Gonzalez said.

Recall 

The Venezuelan government on Friday announced a new investigation against opposition leader Maria Corina Machado, continuing to accuse her of involvement in the imposition of economic sanctions by the United States and other countries against Venezuela, the country's attorney general's office said Machado's statements constitute “crimes of treason.