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Their names are Demóstenes Quijada, Víctor Silio and Sergio Termini Tudela and they are the new political prisoners of the Bolivarian regime . All three possess dual Spanish and Venezuelan nationality. His crime: belonging to the circle of Juan Guaidó, president in charge of the country. Someone as close as Quijada, key advisor and shadow "brain" since the challenge against Nicolás Maduro began in January 2019.

The forces of the revolution detained them in recent days amid the repressive wave launched by the government with the excuse of the coronavirus . An operation that contrasts with the public statements and calls of the "president people", who have proposed a "cease-fire" when the violent volleys always come from the same side. Chavjsmo has placed opponents, journalists and medical personnel at the center of its target to maintain social control in the midst of the pandemic. At any price.

A small army from the Venezuelan Military Counterintelligence Directorate (Dgcim) arrived at Quijada's home in the early hours of Thursday. They tried to break the apartment door . Inside, the family made up of the 43-year-old engineer; his wife Ana Carolina; her 8-year-old son Demo and the boy's maternal grandmother. The little one also has Spanish nationality.

" Put on the masks, here's an infected one !" They shouted, as if it were another Netflix series. Quijada opened what was left of the door and began the nightmare, related to EL MUNDO by Ana Carolina Agüero, the detainee's wife and a 45-year-old educational psychologist.

Three hours during which the agents set the stage ordered by the revolution. The military entered the conjugal bedroom and "planted" two grenades in a drawer . A pistol, an explosive device and marijuana were also distributed in the room. All this has served as the basis for accusing Guaidó's adviser of terrorism.

"Despite being notified that a doctor was coming, he never appeared. They also told us that they were going to fumigate, but it hasn't happened either. They took two computers, three cell phones and the controls for the boy's console. Also the router and the house phones ", says Agüero.

The opposition defense lawyers managed to speak for a few minutes with Quijada , who remains detained at the headquarters of the Dgcim, the main torture center in the country, according to complaints from the UN and the OAS. "Okay, calm, they have not hit him, which was my great fear because he is an intellectual, not a country man," reveals Agüero.

Quijada has become a benchmark during the 15 months of fighting against Maduro , always in discreet proximity to the opposition leader, with paste glasses that made him very recognizable.

"Regime officials: by kidnapping another fighter they only manage to dishonor and perpetuate an emergency. Instead, for the usurper (Maduro) it is 15 million dollars and to make history," Guaidó claimed after the arrest. Both Quijada and the president of the National Assembly (AN) are industrial engineers trained at the Andrés Bello Catholic University . Quijada's extensive curriculum includes his plans to improve the databases of the Judiciary and the facilities of the Caracas Metro.

On the other hand, the opposition's lawyers confirmed to the family of Víctor Silio, Rafael Rico's assistant, Guaidó's assistant, that the 23-year-old was transferred to a National Police station . A complaint about carrying marijuana weighs on him. The young Spanish-Venezuelan was brutally beaten in late February during the attack on the demonstration led by the legitimate president of Parliament in Barquisimeto.

Rico's hunt continues throughout Caracas, becoming a preferred target after his flight this week. His girlfriend, Andrea Bianchi, was kidnapped by agents of the FAES (Maduro's special police, accused of being the "extermination battalions" of the revolution ), stripped, beaten and thrown on a highway. Sergio Termini Tudela is the detainee furthest from the president in charge, since he is more closely linked to the circle of Julio Borges, foreign minister in exile of Guaidó.

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