The president of the National Assembly (AN) with a Chavista majority, Jorge Rodriguezdemanded this Thursday the Government of Colombia to “deliver” the opponent to the Venezuelan Justice Julius Borges, who they accuse of being the mastermind of the alleged “frustration degree assassination” that occurred four years ago against the dictator Nicholas Maduro.
“We have to demand that international law be respected and that the Republic of Colombia hand over to the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela the intellectual author of the assassination in a state of frustrationJulio Borges”, Rodríguez said during a session in Parliament.
The Chavista insisted on this request and also assured that the alleged logistical chief of the assassination attempt, Rayder Russo, alias “Pico”, is detained in Colombia and that the Venezuelan authorities await his extradition.
The demand of the Parliament controlled by Maduro, takes place after, earlier, a court of the dictatorship sentenced a dozen people, including three soldiers and two women, to 30 years in prison, the maximum sentence in force in the country. , for his alleged participation in the alleged assassination attempt.
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“Justice takes time but it comes,” Rodríguez said regarding the sentence passed and assured that it is a precedent in the administration of justice.
“In this case, not only is justice being done, but the precedent is being set that whoever commits or attempts to commit horrendous crimes cannot rest until he pays in court,” he asserted.
In this sense, he urged the deputies to “defend” the judicial decision that he called “brave” and for which he congratulated the prosecutionthe judge in charge of the case and all the bodies responsible for the administration of justice.
Both the Prosecutor’s Office and the Supreme justice court reported that the other people were sentenced to 24, 20, 16 and 5 years in prison for their connection to these events that occurred on August 4, 2018.
In addition, the opposition deputy Juan Requesens He received a sentence of eight years for the crime of conspiracy.
MP’s lawyer denounced that the Chavista justice violated, once again, the principle of publicity and citizen participation by preventing the entry of the public and relatives of the accused and He described the process as an “arbitrariness”. He indicated that they will appeal this sentence and warned that with this trial it was not possible to demonstrate that the leader was responsible for the crimes imputed to him.
Although relations between Venezuela and Colombia have been broken since 2019, a vigorous resumption of diplomatic ties and cooperation between these neighboring countries is expected from August 7when Gustavo Petro assumes power in the Andean nation.
In that same sense, the Attorney General of Chavismo, Tarek William Saab, ordered this Thursday the issuance of a arrest warrant against Venezuelan journalist Carla Angola for “inciting the assassination” of dictator Nicolás Maduro.
“Carla Angola is convicted and confessed. When you incite assassination, you are promoting a civil war in that country,” William Saab asserted in a press conference with local media.
(With information from EFE)
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