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Leopoldo López was without a doubt one of the most guarded prisoners on the continent.
The regime of Nicolás Maduro I had technical and human surveillance since 2017, when he was released from the Ramo Verde military prison, after paying 3 years, accused of association to commit a crime and incitement to violence.
In July of that year, he was granted house arrest and although he was released, at the beginning of 2019, he was still the target of the dictatorship that monitored him along with his surroundings.
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Therefore, it was a surprise that he could evade the residence of the Spanish ambassador, where he had remained since April 30, 2019, when he was once again in the sights of Maduro, for leading – with the interim president, Juan Guaidó – a military uprising in Caracas.
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From that moment, members of the Bolivarian National Intelligence Service (Sebín) guarded the place.
The logistics to get him out of there, financially and tactically, had to be robust
“He had electronic and human surveillance. And the device was reinforced by Chavista collectives. The logistics to get him out of there, financially and tactically, had to be robust “a senior Venezuelan source told EL TIEMPO.
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López has said that he cannot give details of his departure: “I am not doing it, to protect the integrity of the people who helped me,” he told CNN.
But his father, Leopoldo López Gil, managed to give clues as to how his son left the diplomatic residence, a structure protected by a wall, concrete columns and steel sheets at least three meters high.
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He assured that the ‘clandestine escape route’ included the border with Colombia. This route involves a land transfer of 12 and a half hours, along roads full of regime controls. That is why it is believed that it had to be moved by helicopter, which does the route in 3 hours.
Leopoldo López, Venezuelan opposition leader.
Hair behind?
According to that version, he arrived in Cúcuta and took a flight to Aruba.
Colombia – which helped in the removal of prosecutor Luisa Ortega and other opponents – has said nothing. On the contrary, a second version quickly took off: one that left through Puerto Cabello towards Aruba, in a route of more than 770 kilometers. This journey is made from Caracas on a flight that does not exceed one hour.
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In any of the cases, the Venezuelan security analyst Johan Obdola points out that López had to have the support of a sector of the regime to circumvent controls.And it goes further. He adds that there would have been a negotiation, facing the parliamentary elections of December 6.
Johan Obdola, intelligence and security expert.
Here there was not an adventure tinged with heroism. It was coordinated by chains of command from Cabello, the head of the Sebín and the ambassador of Spain
“Here there was no adventure tinged with heroism. This was coordinated by the chains of command of Diosdado Cabello, Gustavo González (current director of Sebín) and the Spanish ambassador, Jesús Silva ”, points out the analyst Obdola.
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And it is striking that López immediately met with Pedro Sánchez, the head of the Spanish Government, and then announced that he will promote early elections in Venezuela, “when it is known that the conditions do not exist.”
Another source close to the regime recalled that, in the book of the White House security adviser, John Bolton, it was confirmed that several files of the regime have sought to negotiate, among them Maikel Moreno (of the Supreme Court) and generals Vladimir Padrino and Iván Hernandez.
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In fact, he gave EL TIEMPO a letter (from May 2019) in which the ex-director of Sebín, General Manuel Ricardo Cristopher Figuera (now in exile), tells Cabello that Moreno, Padrino and Hernández have sought a way out “for the dire situation in the country.”
Manuel Ricardo Cristopher Figuera, head of Sebin until 2019.
Figuera says in the letter that he reviewed a 20-page document where the subject was discussed, to “save the country from which only rags remain” and alternatives were even sought for those sanctioned by the United States.
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For now, the escape unleashed Sebín operations, which surrounded the ambassador’s house and temporarily detained the person in charge of security and López’s collaborators.
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