The Attorney General of the Republic, Tarek William Saab, presented this Thursday before the National Assembly his management report for the year 2020, in which he highlighted the actions carried out by the Public Ministry (MP) to guarantee the implementation of justice in the country and combat the terrorist actions carried out against the Venezuelan State.
The Attorney General of the Republic assured that, hand in hand with the intelligence bodies, the MP has played a key role in the identification, prosecution and, where necessary, the conviction of individuals linked to the actions carried out to generate destabilization in Venezuela.
Saab explained that, due to the frustrated assassination attempt that occurred on August 4, 2018, 20 people were deprived of their liberty, all accused, while “arrest warrants were requested against another 54 people involved. Of these, 16 are being requested under red alert before Interpol”.
Likewise, the MP identified 63 people for the attempted coup d’etat of April 30, 2019, who were requested an arrest warrant and 33 were captured.
Regarding the so-called Operation Gideon, the Attorney General of the Republic specified that 114 people were identified by the MP and an arrest warrant was requested. “The arrest of 85 implicated persons was achieved, and after the formal accusation before the judicial body, the respective indictment was presented. Of this total of accused, 54 availed themselves of the special procedure for admission of facts, and 17 convicted persons availed themselves of the accusation procedure, ”he said.
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The official indicated that, in 2017, he received a ruined MP. “A transnational cartel totally structured to commit crimes. From the previous Attorney General to the last provisional prosecutor, all have been won over crime, extortion and diverting the path of justice,” he asserted.
Saab affirmed that, almost three and a half years after assuming the leadership of the entity, the MP is an institution that guarantees and promotes justice in the country, doing hard work to combat acts of terrorism in the territory.
«We have worked hard in the investigations of all attempts to overthrow the current government,» emphasized the Attorney General, recalling the attempted assassination attempt, as well as the violent actions registered in 2017 in which «the burning of people and the death of state security agents ”.
