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Caracas,.- The son of the Venezuelan ruler, Nicolás Maduro, and those of his wife, deputy Cilia Flores, requested this Thursday to the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, Volker Türk, to demand that the United States Government release both "immediately".
In a letter delivered to the UN headquarters in Caracas, the deputy Nicolás Maduro Guerra, Yosser Gavidia Flores and Yoswal Gavidia Flores also asked Türk for a "public pronouncement condemning the violation of the principles of international law" for the US attacks on Venezuelan soil on January 3, when both were captured.You may be interested in: http://Venezuela tilda de "fake" noticia sobre cooperación con Trump antes de captura de Maduro
They were also asked to publicly reject "the violation of immunity and the rights to freedom and personal integrity" of Maduro and Flores. "The illegal and illegitimate kidnapping of the constitutional president and the first lady and congresswoman constitutes a serious violation of the personal immunity of heads of state and the fundamental principles that govern the international legal order, including the sovereign immunity of States", reads the document, read by Maduro Guerra during a Chavista march that arrived at the UN office in the capital. In the writing, also signed by the ruler's sisters, Josefina, María Adelaida and María Teresa Maduro, it was pointed out that "the immunity of the head of state does not depend on political recognition by a foreign state", in reference to the fact that the Donald Trump government does not recognize the Chavista leader as president. In the letter, the relatives also denounced that, after the "kidnapping", both were "transferred by the US forces to the city of New York in conditions that violated their right to personal integrity". Upon arrival, they continued, Maduro "was injured, walking with difficulty, and bound hand and foot," while Flores had "wounds and was bound, receiving treatment as a high-risk prisoner." "His injuries were corroborated by the defense attorneys", they stated. Hundreds of healthcare workers identified with Chavismo marched this Thursday to the UN in Caracas to ask it to intercede for the release of Maduro and his wife, captured by US troops who starred in attacks in Caracas and three states. According to the Venezuelan Public Prosecutor's Office this Thursday, between "100 and 120 Venezuelans" died in the attacks. The Minister of Defense, Vladimir Padrino López, previously reported the death of 47 military personnel from the country, a figure that was added to the 32 Cuban military personnel reported by authorities on the island.
