Venezuelan security forces surrounded the Argentine embassy in the capital Caracas on Friday after two opposition members took refuge inside, according to posts by the opposition duo on social media. <\/p>\n
The pair joined four other Venezuelan opposition figures who have taken refuge in the embassy this year. <\/p>\n
One of the men, Pedro Urruchurtu, the international coordinator for opposition leader Mar\u00eda Corina Machado, wrote on X that there were patrols of hooded and armed officials surrounding the diplomatic building. <\/p>\n
The other, former deputy Omar Gonz\u00e1lez, also posted on X, writing: \u201cThey cut off the electricity service to the Argentine embassy in Caracas, which is currently besieged by agents of the Sebin (Bolivarian National Intelligence Service) and other state security bodies.\u201d <\/p>\n
A statement issued by Vente Venezuela, a movement led by Machado, described the situation as a \u201csiege.\u201d <\/p>\n
\u201cPatrols with regime agents continue to arrive at the headquarters of the Argentine embassy in Caracas. We hold Nicol\u00e1s Maduro responsible for this siege against our leaders who are taking refuge in the embassy,\u201d the statement said. <\/p>\n
The Argentine government has filed requests for them to be allowed to leave Venezuela but they have not so far been granted. <\/p>\n
The expulsions came after Argentina\u2019s government questioned the widely disputed results of the July 28 elections, in which Maduro was proclaimed the winner despite detailed results not being made public as requested by several governments and international organizations. <\/p>\n
The developments at the Argentine embassy come hours after the country\u2019s foreign ministry asked the prosecutor of the International Criminal Court (ICC) to issue arrest warrants against Maduro and other senior government officials for possible crimes against humanity allegedly committed during post-election protests. <\/p>\n
On Thursday, while speaking at a forum in Buenos Aires, Argentinian President Javier Milei called Maduro a \u201ccriminal.\u201d <\/p>\n
Argentina has rejected an arrest warrant issued by a Venezuelan court against Edmundo Gonz\u00e1lez, candidate of the opposition Democratic Unity Platform (PUD) and Maduro\u2019s main rival, for his alleged responsibility in the publication of detailed data on the presidential elections. <\/p>\n
Gonz\u00e1lez denies the charges. The PUD says it obtained those records through its election witnesses. <\/p>\n<\/p>\n
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