In a real record time, Venezuelan Information Minister Jorge Rodríguez said that the investigations determined that the explosion of several aerial devices was the reason that led to the abrupt cut of a presidential chain and a stampede of soldiers on Saturday afternoon in Caracas.
Venezuela's information minister, Jorge Rodríguez, offered the first official version of the sudden interruption of a radio and television station held by President Nicolás Maduro on Saturday afternoon, something that generated a wave of speculation about what might have happened. this Saturday during the presidential speech.
"On Bolivar Avenue in Caracas, at 5:41 minutes, detonations were heard that corresponded to flying artifacts that contained a charge of explosives that detonated near the presidential platform and in parts of the parade."
"The training of our members of the Bolivarian National Guard was maintained and all the work that has been done immediately afterwards has established, already with evidence, that this is an attack against the figure of the constitutional president of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela, "he added.
"This is an attack against the president who has been completely unharmed (...) is working and meeting with the military high command of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela," said the minister referring to an investigation that in a real time record would have determined the causes of the event.
Rodriguez said that "seven National Guard troops" who were in the parade were injured and that "everyone is being treated," Rodriguez said.
Military Stampede
Maduro was giving a speech this Saturday on Avenida Bolivar in downtown Caracas when something that seems to be an explosion is heard in the background. The president is silent, look up and his wife, the first lady, Cilia Flores crouches as if trying to dodge something that is in the air.
The official broadcast then goes to an open shot of the military parade that listened to the Venezuelan president in the event in which the 71st anniversary of the Bolivarian National Guard of Venezuela was celebrated.
Seconds later there is a stampede in the tables, but until now it is known why the evacuation of the area and the interruption of the act.
The president was evacuated from the area and is unharmed. Just before the transmission went from taking the presidential box to the general formation of soldiers, it is seen that on the left one of the president's bodyguards approaches with what appears to be a bulletproof shield used to protect the leader.
With Maduro out of the picture, calm voices are heard saying "for the right, president", in what could have been the instructions for the Venezuelan leader to leave the area before the possibility of any danger.
Local media indicated that the surroundings of the presidential palace of MIraflores, close to the area where the event was held, are heavily guarded and there is no regular access.
As soon as the official version of the alleged attack was released, several representatives of the Venezuelan government came out to express their support for the head of state.
The president of the National Constituent Assembly immediately accused the "right", as the followers of the so-called Bolivarian revolution desciben the opposition.Some photos disseminated by social networks show what appear to be clouds of white smoke in the vicinity of the area where the event was held.
Signals
Minutes after the events occurred, President Maduro appeared on national television making a direct signal to the government of Colombia, headed by Juan Manuel Santos, as responsible for the "attack against him."
"This is an attempt to kill me, they wanted to kill me, the investigations point to Bogota," Maduro said without showing any evidence and who then made another suggestion appealing to the government of President Juan Manuel Santos who is about to leave office: "I do not know can go without making Venezuela a bad one. "
For its part, a source from the Presidency at Casa de Nariño spoke with Univisión Noticias and said that President Maduro's statements "have no basis whatsoever. President Juan Manuel Santos was dedicated today to the baptism of his granddaughter Celeste and not to overthrow foreign governments. The declaration of Nicolás Maduro is absurd. "
