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on september 8, local time, venezuelan attorney general sabo held a press conference and said that opposition leader edmundo gonzalez had been granted safe passage by both venezuela and spain when he left venezuela for political asylum in spain.

sabo said that gonzalez applied for political asylum in spain after entering the spanish embassy in venezuela. the venezuelan government informed the attorney general's office of gonzalez's asylum request within the framework of international human rights law and diplomatic relations between countries. the venezuelan and spanish governments agreed to grant him safe passage. the attorney general's office respected this and granted him the corresponding safe passage in accordance with the right to asylum guaranteed by article 69 of the constitution.

venezuela held a presidential election on july 28, and the venezuelan national electoral commission announced in the early morning of the next day that the incumbent president maduro was re-elected. the opposition questioned the election results, and its supporters took to the streets to protest. the venezuelan procuratorate launched an investigation into the election dispute and summoned gonzalez, the candidate of the opposition alliance "democratic unity alliance" who had previously participated in the presidential election, three times, but gonzalez ignored it. on september 2, the venezuelan judicial authorities issued an arrest warrant for edmundo gonzalez. gonzalez was accused of usurping office, forging public documents, inciting illegal activities, and treason. (cctv reporter deng xuemei)