The Army and Police will distribute “wanted” posters against seven former Latin American presidents

The Minister of the Interior of Venezuela, Diosdado Cabello, announced this Wednesday that he has ordered the Army and the Police to distribute “wanted” posters throughout the country against seven former Latin American presidents whom he accuses of trying to “attack” the country by state that they will accompany former opposition candidate Edmundo González to the presidential inauguration this Friday.

During his intervention on the state channel VTV, Cabello assured that law enforcement agencies will distribute these posters “throughout the national territory, in ports, airports, streets, checkpoints, avenues” against former presidents Andrés Pastrana (Colombia), Mario Abdo Benítez (Paraguay), Vicente Fox and Felipe Calderón (Mexico), Mireya Moscoso and Ernesto Pérez Balladares (Panama) and Jamil Mahuad (Ecuador), whom he has branded as “criminals.”

The posters, which the minister showed during the televised broadcast, accuse the seven politicians of “conspiracy and complicity in terrorist acts” and “attacking the peace of Venezuela.”

The announcement comes after the National Assembly declared this Tuesday ‘persona non grata’ nine former Latin American presidents who are members of the Democratic Initiative of Spain and the Americas (IDEA), including those mentioned above as well as Jorge Quiroga (Bolivia). ) and Laura Chinchilla (Costa Rica), for some “disastrous and interfering statements” when expressing “their willingness to be present in Venezuelan territory on January 10, 2025 ahead of the presidential inauguration.”

Cabello warned the former presidents that same day that if “they decide to violate the airspace, they would be running a very serious risk.”

“I recommend that you not start inventing, in any case here we will have a welcome that any invader who tries to set foot in Venezuela, or who violates the airspace, deserves,” he told the Telesur network.

Venezuela held presidential elections at the end of July in which the ruling party gave victory to President Nicolás Maduro, although the opposition has claimed its victory and has demanded that the authorities present the minutes that would support the president’s re-election.