The Venezuelan opposition party Vente Venezuela, led by María Corina Machado, has made public the detention of seven people, whose whereabouts they claim to be unaware of, and who were in charge of managing the sound system used in a gathering called by the organization itself this Thursday.
"The regime of (acting president) Delcy Rodríguez, through the Bolivarian National Police, has kidnapped seven people who were in charge of the sound trucks used today in the civic mobilization at Plaza Venezuela," the party stated in a statement disseminated on social media and replicated by Machado.
In that same message, the party indicated that it still has no information about where these seven people are and also denounced that the three sound trucks used in the event have been seized by the authorities. "We alert the international community about this assault against Venezuelans who provided their services for the peaceful protest on this October 22," the note adds.
Minutes earlier, Vente Venezuela had shared videos and snapshots of the mobilization at Plaza Venezuela, whose participation they estimated at "thousands," with attendees "demanding the release of political prisoners, the date of the presidential election in 2027, and the safe return of María Corina Machado."
The opposition leader herself has positively assessed the day through her social media, interpreting the protest as the "beginning of what is to come." "We are a people determined to be free. And yes, this is what there is: just a sample of everything that is to come. We are determined to move forward until we conquer our freedom," she stated.