# Cabello confirmed detentions of Enrique Márquez and Rafael Tudares

Date: 2025

[Cabello](/people/diosdado-cabello) confirmed that former presidential candidate Enrique Márquez and Rafael Tudares, the son-in-law of opposition presidential candidate [Edmundo González Urrutia](/people/edmundo-gonzalez-urrutia), had been detained. He publicly linked them to an alleged plan to establish a parallel presidency and to a detained U.S. citizen he described as connected to the FBI. The allegations were government claims, not findings of guilt. [Europa Press](https://www.europapress.es/internacional/noticia-gobierno-venezuela-confirma-detencion-excandidato-presidencial-marquez-yerno-gonzalez-20250109044407.html?utm_source=chatgpt.com)

## Drivers

- Cabello PSUV strongman and interior repression: https://factrail.ai/drivers/cabello-psuv-strongman

## Sources

- https://caracol.com.co/2025/01/09/gobierno-de-venezuela-responde-a-petro-por-detencion-de-marquez/
- https://www.europapress.es/internacional/noticia-gobierno-venezuela-confirma-detencion-excandidato-presidencial-marquez-yerno-gonzalez-20250109044407.html

## Methodology

https://factrail.ai/methodology

Canonical: https://factrail.ai/facts/cabello-confirms-marquez-tudares-detentions-2025