Vzla: Sedition, careful

Luis Guillermo Perez Amoros was sitting in a car with two others yesterday afternoon in the vicinity of Altamira Square in Caracas. Allegedly they were trying to oust the government or that’s what Venezuela’s regime would have you believe. It appears that they were part of a large group of people who have decided that having exhausted all constitutional, legal and democratic methods available to them the only way to claim their rights is to take to the streets to protest against Chavez.

A military cell patrolling the area arrested them; their crime was being in the wrong place at the wrong time. Treason and conspiracy charges were made and they were taken to CORE 5, a military facility situated in El Paraiso west Caracas. During the night they were beaten by the National Guards and early this morning they have been moved to Fuerte Tiuna, main army base in Caracas. The regime of Hugo Chavez considers fitting for them to be judged by a martial court.

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