The alleged attack, as he explained on his X Network account, took place in the Venezuelan city of Barquisimeto (370 kilometers west of Caracas) in Lara state, where he spent the night after organizing a march in the neighboring state of Portuguesa on Wednesday.
“World alert: in the early hours of today, my team and I were the target of an attack in Barquisimeto, in the state of Lara. Our vehicles were vandalized and the brake hoses were cut,” said Maria Corina Machado.
On the same social network, the oppositionist explains that “agents of the regime” have been following them “since then.” [o estado de] The Portuguese besieged the city, where they spent the night.
“Maduro’s campaign is violent and he is responsible for any harm to our physical integrity,” he added. “They will not stop us,” X asserts.
The opposition reported on Wednesday that Venezuelan authorities closed land transport stations in the central state of Portuguesa, where Maria Corina Machado was organizing a mass rally as part of the presidential election campaign scheduled for July 28.
On the same social network, Maria Oropeza urges Venezuelans to go out and support Maria Corina Machado and her replacement, Edmundo González Urrutia, who is running in the presidential elections on July 28.
“All for freedom,” he asserts.
According to local press, some merchants were also threatened.
Also on the 10th, the Human Rights Commission of Vente Venezuela denounced “the confiscation of the stage and audio equipment that the leader of this organization was going to use during her visit to the state of Portuguesa, where she would meet with her supporters.”
In contrast, Vente Venezuela explains that on July 13, the authorities unsuccessfully tried to prevent the freedom of movement of citizens in the state of Carabobo (central-north of the country) to prevent them from reaching an opposition rally.
Images posted on social media that day showed traffic control points (stops) installed on several roads in the city of Valencia, capital of Carabobo state.
Political arrests related to the presidential election are on the rise in Venezuela, a country where 301 people are being detained for political reasons, 124 of them as part of the opposition’s electoral campaign, the non-governmental organization Foro Penal (FP) reported on Tuesday.
There has been a significant increase in the number of political prisoners. “Today there are 301 political prisoners in Venezuela,” said the FP director.
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