Nicolas Maduro from the United States: "We're fine, we're fighters."
The son of the Chavista leader explains after talking to his lawyers what his father's situation is. He says he's "strong" and also alleges that they used violence during his arrest.
Nicolas Maduro Venezuela and his wife, Cilia Flores, have reported on the situation of Nicolas Maduro Nicolas, son of Chavista leader Maduro Guerra, after speaking to the lawyers: "We are fine, we are fighters," has been the message.
Venezuelan Television (VTV) has reported that Maduro's son has met with members of the United Socialist Party of Venezuela (PSUV) to whom he has "conveyed a message of strength." On January 3, Maduro and Flores were arrested in Caracas and taken to the United States.
"Lawyers have told us he's strong, he told them not to be sad," Maduro Guerra said in a VTV note.
He has also denounced the use of "disproportionate force" in his detention because "he could not be defeated by other means".
However, he has insisted that he remains "morally whole and strong," and that "his leadership has not been crushed, despite his situation in the United States."
Charges against him
They were brought before the judge last Monday and at that first appearance Maduro said he was an "innocent man, "as well as a" prisoner of war. "
They both pleaded not guilty.