A crowd of protestors supporting Venezuela’s interim President Juan Guaidó’s were run over by a military vehicle on April 30 as the uprising turned violent.
In a video circulating on social media, a Venezuelan National Guard vehicle is seen plowing into a crowd of protesters outside the La Carlota military Air Force base.
It's not yet clear if someone was injured in the incident. In the video, protestors are seen gathering around someone run over while others retaliate by throwing stones at the armored vehicle.
Guaidó’s plan to bring freedom to the country took on a new life on Tuesday as he gathered on the streets with a small contingent of heavily armed troops and called for Venezuelans and the military to rise up.
“I want to tell the Venezuelan people: This is the moment to take to the streets and accompany these patriotic soldiers,” said Lopez. “Everyone should come to the streets, in peace.”
The regime, run by illegitimate dictator Nicolás Maduro, has been trying to minimize the uprising. After Guaidó said that Lopez was freed from house arrest by military supporters, Maduro's Foreign Minister Jorge Arreaza accused the United States of paying off a guard and supporting Lopez's escape. Sen. Marco Rubio, (R-Fla.) took to Twitter to denounce the violence, "Military & security leaders must realize they are & will be held responsible for this," he wrote.
Rubio said that Tuesday's violent uprising is not ideological, "This is the result of desperation after years of hunger, disease & mass migration caused by MaduroRegime corruption, incompetence & abuses. They see no other options left to bring change," he wrote in another message on Twitter.
Rubio earlier shared a video showing rapid fire shots heard in an area near the LaCarlota Air Force Base to disperse Pro-Guaidó protesters.
Earlier during the day, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, National Security advisor John Bolton, and Vice President Mike Pence collectively said that the United States is fully supporting Guaidó’s move.