Daniel Ceballos was the mayor of the city of San Cristobal in Venezuela's Tachira State on the Colombian border until last week. San Cristobal is where the assault on the socialist government and Venezuelan democracy began on February 12, 2014 and then spread to terror cells already planted across the country in a coup plan hatched in Washington. Ceballos not only refused to obey a court order to deploy his police and stop the violence in his precinct but also supported the mobs materially and logistically. As a result, the courts stripped him of his office as mayor and ordered his arrest for inciting-to-riot and other related crimes. He received due process in the courts and now sits in prison with a 12 month sentence. Considering the death and destruction he caused, in our view his sentence should have been 12 years, not 12 months. This video shows him speaking (Spanish) in full support of the weeks-long assault in San Cristobal mixed with clips of the attacks and destruction he supported while in office. Meanwhile Human Rights Watch and the international media pitted against Venezuela call for his release saying he is a victim of repression of "peaceful student protests." (2 more videos of the attacks on the National Guard in Altamira follow this one) - Les Blough in Venezuela Rioters Return to Altamira on March 2. The National Guard responds with tear gas. Where's the "police brutality and repression of peaceful student protests" claimed by Human Rights Watch and the international media? (See our first eye witness account and photo essay of the February 28 attack on the National Guard in Altamira) And a short video of the first attack on the National Guard in Altamira on February 27. The "cracks" that you hear are not gunshots. They are either the firing of teargas projectiles or Molotov cocktails exploding. |