Adriana Pichardo Explained

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Office1:Alternate Deputy of the National Assembly
for Aragua 4th District
Term Start1:5 January 2016
Area1:Circuito 4 del estado Aragua
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Office2:Deputy of the Mercosur Parliament
representing Venezuela
Area2:Venezuela
Term Start2:3 February 2016
Party:Voluntad Popular
Occupation:Politician
Nationality:Venezuelan

Adriana Pichardo Bello is a Venezuelan politician. She is a deputy of the National Assembly, representing District 4 of Aragua state as a member of Popular Will. She is also part of the Citizenship and Human Rights commission of Mercosur.[1] [2]

Home infiltration

In the early hours of 15 October 2018, five heavily armed officers dressed in black entered her house without a search warrant. The troops were identified as members of the Bolivarian National Intelligence Service (SEBIN), but neighbors identified them as officials of the General Directorate of Military Counterintelligence (DGCIM) by the initials on uniforms and vehicles. A security guard at the building had asked for a search warrant, but the troops had threatened to kill him. Entering Pichardo's apartment, the troops asked her about Ricardo Antich, a soldier recently released after being accused of being part of the "Golpe Azul". Pichardo explained that she only knew his relatives, whom she has accompanied as part of her duty as a Mercosur parliamentarian to record all human rights violations within Venezuelan borders. She considered the invasion as a "flagrant violation" of her parliamentary immunity.[3]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Adriana Pichardo Bello. Asamblea Nacional de Venezuela. 13 May 2019.
  2. Web site: PICHARDO BELLO, Adriana. Parlamento del Mercosur. 13 May 2019.
  3. News: Funcionarios del Dgcim allanaron vivienda de la diputada Adriana Pichardo. 16 October 2018. 13 May 2019. Transparencia Venezuela.