Adriana Pichardo Bello is a Venezuelan politician. She is a deputy of the

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, 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.

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

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(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 Golpe Azul (English: ''Blue Strike''), also known as Operation Jericho, was an accusation by the Venezuelan government that resulted in the arrest of several people, including the metropolitan mayor of Caracas Antonio Ledezma. The accusation con ...

". 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.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Pichardo, Adriana Living people Women members of the National Assembly (Venezuela) Popular Will politicians 21st-century Venezuelan women politicians 21st-century Venezuelan politicians Year of birth missing (living people) Movimiento Estudiantil (Venezuela)