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A Navy sailor was detained in Caracas, Venezuela, final week whereas on private journey.
An official with the Navy confirmed to Fox Information that the unnamed sailor was detained on Saturday and stays in custody.
The official additionally stated the sailor was on private journey and was not approved to journey to Venezuela. It’s unclear why the sailor was detained.
The sailor’s detainment comes as Venezuela has been rocked by political turmoil.
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Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro addresses authorities loyalists gathered on the presidential palace in help of his re-election one month after the presidential vote in Caracas on Aug. 28, 2024. (AP Picture/Ariana Cubillos)
Earlier final month, Maria Oropeza, a key determine in Venezuela’s opposition motion, livestreamed her arrest as she was faraway from her dwelling in Portugesa.
Through the stream, safety officers from Venezuela’s Common Directorate of Army Counterintelligence pressured entry into Oropeza’s dwelling with out possible trigger or a warrant.
Earlier than Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro’s enforcers confiscated her cell phone and terminated her Instagram stream, she stated on her dwell broadcast, “I’m not a legal. I’m simply one other citizen who needs a distinct nation.” Oropeza has not been heard from since.
Just a few hours earlier than being detained, Oropeza criticized the broad, intensifying crackdowns which have ensued in Venezuela over the previous month. The opposition activist and lawyer referred to Maduro’s suppression as a witch hunt towards politicians after the extremely contested election.
Venezuela’s July 28 election noticed Maduro claiming victory by greater than 1 million votes.
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Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro holds a information convention on July 31, 2024, three days after his disputed re-election. (AP Picture/Matias Delacroix)
Maduro, who has been in energy since 2013, was in search of a 3rd six-year time period.
In the meantime, the primary opposition coalition, Vente Venezuela, has accused him of attempting to steal the vote.
The Vente Venezuela marketing campaign has launched information displaying opposition candidate Edmundo Gonzalez successful by a greater than 2-to-1 margin. The primary chief of the opposition, Gonzalez, and opposition chief Maria Corina Machado, have gone into hiding because the vote.
Maduro’s declare of victory spurred an eruption of protests throughout Venezuela, prompting his regime to interact in a wave of violent repression. Safety forces have apprehended greater than 2,000 demonstrators, lots of whom had been taken to torture camps. Oropeza is one such prisoner.
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Maduro’s airplane is seen on a Fort Lauderdale, Florida, tarmac, after U.S. authorities seized the plane and flew it from the Dominican Republic. (WFOR)
On Monday, the U.S. seized a airplane owned by Maduro within the Dominican Republic.
Homeland Safety Investigations (HSI) flew Maduro’s private airplane again to the US on Monday morning, when it landed in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, and is now in U.S. custody, a U.S. official advised Fox Information after an preliminary report by CNN.
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The airplane, valued at $13 million, is a Dassault Falcon 900-EX. The seizure was a results of a joint investigation with HSI and the Division of Commerce.
Fox Information’ Danielle Wallace, Invoice Melugin and Kyra Colah contributed to this report.
Greg Wehner is a breaking information reporter for Fox Information Digital.
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