US Edition‘Kidnapped by Dictatorship’: Venezuela Opposition Leader Juan Pablo Guanipa Arrested | What We Know so Far
- On May 23, 2025, Venezuelan authorities detained Juan Pablo Guanipa, a prominent opposition figure, in the lead-up to the regional elections scheduled for the weekend.
- The government alleges Guanipa led a terrorist group plotting violent attacks to sabotage the parliamentary and regional elections.
- Authorities confiscated phones, a laptop, explosives, and grenades allegedly linked to coordinated plans against critical infrastructure and election events.
- On social media, Guanipa called his detention a kidnapping by Maduro’s regime while opposition leaders urged a boycott, calling the vote farcical with no guarantees.
- The arrest intensified tensions as the government claims to foil destabilization plots, while the opposition and international actors denounce these actions as repression.
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María Corina Machado: “The Maduro Government Is Not Allied with the Cartels, but the Cartels Are the Government”
In dialogue with Infobae, the leader of the Venezuelan opposition spoke about the kidnapping of Juan Pablo Guanipa, the new electoral farce that Chavismo will mount this Sunday, and how the dictatorship made the country the “centre of organized crime”
Venezuela: Far-Right Politician Juan Pablo Guanipa Arrested for Heading Terrorist Plot
Venezuelan Minister of the Interior Diosdado Cabello reported the arrest of the far-right politician Juan Pablo Guanipa, who was allegedly the head of a group that was plotting terror attacks in embassies, hospitals, police stations, public utilities, subway stations, electricity, oil and service facilities, and against public figures amid the upcoming May 25 elections. “Throughout yesterday and today, right at this moment, Venezuelan security a…
‘Kidnapped by dictatorship’: Venezuela opposition leader Juan Pablo Guanipa arrested | What we know so far
Juan Pablo Guanipa, a well-known Venezuelan opposition politician, was arrested on Friday on charges of conspiring to sabotage upcoming parliamentary and regional elections and leading a “terrorist network.”
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