Venezuela: an ex-MP sentenced to 8 years in prison for an alleged attack against Maduro

An opposition activist calls for the release of former deputy Juan Requesens during a rally on August 11, 2018 in Caracas.

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Former MP Juan Requesens was sentenced to eight years in prison on Thursday August 4.

He was accused of involvement in an alleged attempted attack on President Nicolas Maduro in 2018. In all, 17 people were sentenced, including twelve to the maximum sentence of 30 years in prison. 

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”, reacted the lawyer of Juan Requesens, taken up by

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Efecto Cocuyo recalls that the politician was arrested on August 7, 2018, accused of having organized, with others, a drone attack

.

The attack reportedly took place while the president was celebrating 80 years of the National Guard in downtown Caracas.

The Venezuelan government had accused Colombia of having organized the attack with the United States and Peru;

while the opposition denounced a staging intended to reinforce repression against opponents, and affirmed that during the video featuring his confession, Juan Requesens had been "

 ".

In fact, according to the newspaper

, the 17 defendants found guilty were found guilty during a trial “ 

 ”.

The newspaper takes up the reaction on Twitter of the father of Juan Requesens: "

", and that of the leader of the opposition Juan Guaido, who affirms that "

 " the former deputy and "

 ”.

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