Threats, Harassment and Closure of Businesses Following María Corina Machado's Visit to Tachira

Franklin Sacon, owner of a bakery in La Palmita Parish, Panamericano Municipality, Tachira State and leader of several Comandidos, was abducted without an arrest warrant by police officers who allegedly took him from his residence at midnight this Wednesday. A few hours after Maria Corina Machado arrived at the Andean Institute.

By Luz Darry DePablos / Correspondent lapatilla.com

Franklin Chacon's wife, Junie, said in a video that went viral on social media that she was devastated by her husband's whereabouts. “I'm scared because I think something might happen to him,” she pleaded.

After Chacon's disappearance, citizens took shelter in their homes, and out of fear, businesses in the towns of Tachira's northern region were quickly closed, leaving the streets completely deserted amid heavy rains. Public service.

There are no details yet on the condition of the Tachira activist. It was unofficially known that he would work very actively with the residents of the community for several weeks to get the national leader, María Corina Machado, the apparent reason why he was forcibly taken away by police officers.

On the other hand, this Wednesday morning, an audio circulated on social networks that Lieutenant Colonel Michael Guevara, commander of the 214th division of the La Grita National Guard, issued orders to carry out operations to retain the motorcycles. Several days, as part of the request of the Chavista Mayor of Juregui Municipality and the person in charge of citizen security.

Many residents of La Grita kept their motorcycles until further notice, a situation repeated in the municipalities of Panamericano and García de Hevia, where mobile checkpoints were also set up, measures seen as intimidation to prevent citizens from trying to take their motorcycles out this Thursday to receive María Corina Machado. i came

On the other hand, it was also known that the closure of a well-known restaurant in the Barrio Obrero section of the city of San Cristóbal, owned by a relative of the opposition leader who supported MCM and the presidential candidacy. of Edmundo Gonzalez.

The T-Burger restaurant, whose owner, Francisco “Pancho” Ramirez, is director of Vente Venezuela in the region, was sanctioned and closed by Cheniet. César Pérez Vivas' sister's restaurant met the same fate.