The vice president Victoria Villarruel today harshly questioned the actions of the Ministry of Security, in charge of Patricia Bullrichin full escalation of the conflict with the regime Nicolas Maduro for the arrest of the Argentine gendarme Nahuel Gallo in Venezuela.
Villarruel used his social network account “X” -exTwitter- to express his disagreement with the actions of the Executive Branch. She said that she would never have authorized the gendarme to travel to Venezuela.
“I would never have authorized a gendarme to go to Venezuela. “What is happening is the sadly obvious consequence, but since I am not from the security area I do not have an opinion on the sanctions and actions that should be taken,” The head of the Senate pointed out, after a user on social networks ironically reproached her for attending the concert by the rock band Los Piojos, in La Plata.
In this way, Villarruel once again stirred up the dispute with the Cabinet of JavierMiley by targeting one of the ministers most praised by the President. It is known that one of the first short circuits with Milei’s small table occurred after the victory in the runoff over Sergio Massa. During the campaign, the leader of La Libertad Avanza repeated that the areas of Security and Defense were going to remain in the hands of Villarruel. However, Milei and Nicolas Possethen owners of Milei’s technical equipment, defined that Bullrich and Luis Petri, former running mates in the Together for Change coalition, would be in charge of those ministries. That was the first maneuver to marginalize Villarruel from decision-making.
The mistrust between the vice president and the President’s inner circle grew over the course of the administration. In fact, she whitewashed their differences with Karina Milei“The Boss.” “We both love Javier, we are both brave, poor little ham.”he remarked at the end of last March in an interview with TN. That day also differed from the President’s commitment to the candidacy of the controversial judge Ariel Food to fill one of the vacancies in the Supreme Court of Justice.
Last Sunday, Villarruel had tried to tone down the fight with Milei after the dispute with him worsened. Santiago Caputothe brain of Milei’s management, following the session in which Senator Edgardo Kueider was expelled. “I am not participating in any political action and when I do, I will do it where the President asks me,” he wrote on his social networks, where he also recalled when together with the head of state there were “only two deputies” against Kirchnerism. “Today there is no room for moderation”he insisted. Thus, it was aligned with the Government.
A couple of weeks ago, Milei had accused her vice of being close to “the caste.” Furthermore, the head of state stated that Villarruel had “no interference” in the decisions of his administration nor did he participate in cabinet meetings. He considered that the dialogue between the two was merely “institutional.” “It’s closer to the red circle,” he concluded.
The tension with the Chavista regime escalated in the last few hours to its highest level when Milei became directly involved in the claim for the arrest, in Venezuela, of the Argentine gendarme. He denounced the incident as an “illegal kidnapping” and blamed Maduro, whom he described as a “criminal dictator.” Milei, who spoke for the first time about the conflict, assured that all avenues will be exhausted to achieve his “immediate release.”
The Chavista regime confirmed that it has the gendarme captive, to whom they accuse alleged intelligence tasks.
Gallo tried to enter Venezuela for family reasons: his wife is Venezuelan and he has a son in that country. The regime took him prisoner and unleashed a serious diplomatic conflict.
The Government acknowledged that it has open negotiations with third countries to achieve safe passage that will allow the six opponents of Chavismo asylum in the Argentine embassy in Caracas to leave, and also to obtain the release of Gallo, whose life, according to the Foreign Ministry, ” “It’s in danger.”
The Foreign Minister of Colombia, Luis Murillo, revealed some conditions set by Maduro to advance the negotiations.