A group of unidentified people fired on Saturday against an anti-government demonstration led by Venezuelan opposition leader Juan Guaidó, in Barquisimeto, capital of the state of Lara (west), with no injuries recorded so far.

Several opposition leaders have denounced the situation in social networks and the media and have blamed the government of Nicolás Maduro for these events, which they consider illegitimate.

"The regime sent its terrorists to intimidate but they will not prevent us from being in the street with the Larenses," said deputy Alfonso Marquina, representative of Lara in the National Assembly (Parliament) on Twitter and who participated with Guaidó in the walk through several neighborhoods of Barquisimeto.

This message was redeployed by Guaido himself, recognized as interim president of Venezuela by more than 50 countries, who has not commented on what happened and, according to local media, retired unharmed from the place.

The opposition leader Alfredo Ramos, former mayor of Barquisimeto, told reporters that the march was dispersed by the shots fired by the groups, as the armed groups, sometimes armed, who defend the Chavez government are known in the country.

"They used their armed groups to prevent the march. They attacked with guns ... fired bullets at the sectors that we had been going through these neighborhoods but that failed to stop the unstoppable advance of the town," said Ramos.

At his side, deputy Daniel Antequera reiterated the complaint and added that the "Guaidó team" was also attacked and some of the protesters were assaulted.

"A car was destroyed, another car informs us that it seems that it was stolen," he said.

Guaidó has called for a protest on March 10 , when he hopes to resume control of the seat of Parliament, which is under the command of Deputy Luis Parra, backed as president of the Chamber by a minority of Chavez and opposition dissidents.

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