A supporter of former Georgian President Mikheil Saakashvili clashes with Ukrainian National Guard officers in Kiev, Ukraine December 5, 2017. REUTERS/Gleb Garanich
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  • A supporter of former Georgian President Mikheil Saakashvili clashes with Ukrainian National Guard officers in Kiev, Ukraine December 5, 2017. REUTERS/Gleb Garanich
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    A supporter of former Georgian President Mikheil Saakashvili clashes with Ukrainian National Guard officers in Kiev, Ukraine December 5, 2017. REUTERS/Gleb Garanich

  • Supporters of former Georgian president clash with police as they attempt to block the police van in which he is transported after being arrested, in downtown Kiev on December 5, 2017. Ukrainian security services on Tuesday arrested former Georgian president Mikheil Saakashvili after he climbed onto the roof of his apartment building and addressed supporters during a police raid. The Ukrainian Security Service (SBU) said Saakashvili had been arrested on charges of assisting criminal organisations. / AFP / Sergei SUPINSKY
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    Supporters of former Georgian president clash with police as they attempt to block the police van in which he is transported after being arrested, in downtown Kiev on December 5, 2017. Ukrainian security services on Tuesday arrested former Georgian president Mikheil Saakashvili after he climbed onto the roof of his apartment building and addressed supporters during a police raid. The Ukrainian Security Service (SBU) said Saakashvili had been arrested on charges of assisting criminal organisations. / AFP / Sergei SUPINSKY

  • Supporters of Georgian former President Mikheil Saakashvili break a window a police car carrying Saakashvili onboard in Kiev, Ukraine December 5, 2017. REUTERS/Oleh Tereshchenko
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    Supporters of Georgian former President Mikheil Saakashvili break a window a police car carrying Saakashvili onboard in Kiev, Ukraine December 5, 2017. REUTERS/Oleh Tereshchenko

  • Supporters of former Georgian President Mikheil Saakashvili clash with riot police in Kiev, Ukraine December 5, 2017. REUTERS/Gleb Garanich
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    Supporters of former Georgian President Mikheil Saakashvili clash with riot police in Kiev, Ukraine December 5, 2017. REUTERS/Gleb Garanich

  • Georgian former President Mikheil Saakashvili struggles out of a police car in Kiev, Ukraine December 5, 2017. REUTERS/Oleh Tereshchenko
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    Georgian former President Mikheil Saakashvili struggles out of a police car in Kiev, Ukraine December 5, 2017. REUTERS/Oleh Tereshchenko

  • Supporters of former Georgian president Mikheil Saakashvili clash with National Guard officers in Kiev, Ukraine December 5, 2017. REUTERS/Gleb Garanich
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    Supporters of former Georgian president Mikheil Saakashvili clash with National Guard officers in Kiev, Ukraine December 5, 2017. REUTERS/Gleb Garanich

  • Georgian former President Mikheil Saakashvili addresses his supporters in Kiev, Ukraine December 5, 2017. REUTERS/Valentyn Ogirenko
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    Georgian former President Mikheil Saakashvili addresses his supporters in Kiev, Ukraine December 5, 2017. REUTERS/Valentyn Ogirenko

  • Ukrainian National Guard officers guard a car carrying former Georgian President Mikheil Saakashvili onboard during clashes with his supporters in Kiev, Ukraine December 5, 2017. REUTERS/Gleb Garanich
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    Ukrainian National Guard officers guard a car carrying former Georgian President Mikheil Saakashvili onboard during clashes with his supporters in Kiev, Ukraine December 5, 2017. REUTERS/Gleb Garanich

  • The Ukrainian Security Service officers detain Mikheil Saakashvili at the entrance of his house in Kiev, Ukraine, Tuesday, Dec. 5, 2017. Ukraine's intelligence agency on Tuesday detained the former president of Georgia who has emerged as an anti-corruption campaigner in his new country but faced an angry backlash of protesters who would not let the officers to take him away. (AP Photo/Evgeniy Maloletka)
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    The Ukrainian Security Service officers detain Mikheil Saakashvili at the entrance of his house in Kiev, Ukraine, Tuesday, Dec. 5, 2017. Ukraine's intelligence agency on Tuesday detained the former president of Georgia who has emerged as an anti-corruption campaigner in his new country but faced an angry backlash of protesters who would not let the officers to take him away. (AP Photo/Evgeniy Maloletka)

  • Georgian former President Mikheil Saakashvili flashes a victory sign after he was freed by his supporters in Kiev, Ukraine December 5, 2017. REUTERS/Gleb Garanich
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    Georgian former President Mikheil Saakashvili flashes a victory sign after he was freed by his supporters in Kiev, Ukraine December 5, 2017. REUTERS/Gleb Garanich

  • Supporters (R) of former Georgian president clash with police as they attempts to block the police van in which he is transported after being arrested, in downtown Kiev on December 5, 2017. Ukrainian security services on Tuesday arrested former Georgian president Mikheil Saakashvili after he climbed onto the roof of his apartment building and addressed supporters during a police raid. The Ukrainian Security Service (SBU) said Saakashvili had been arrested on charges of assisting criminal organisations. / AFP / Sergei SUPINSKY
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    Supporters (R) of former Georgian president clash with police as they attempts to block the police van in which he is transported after being arrested, in downtown Kiev on December 5, 2017. Ukrainian security services on Tuesday arrested former Georgian president Mikheil Saakashvili after he climbed onto the roof of his apartment building and addressed supporters during a police raid. The Ukrainian Security Service (SBU) said Saakashvili had been arrested on charges of assisting criminal organisations. / AFP / Sergei SUPINSKY

  • KIV04. KIEV (UCRANIA), 05/12/2017.- Manifestantes tratan de evitar el arresto del expresidente georgiano MijaÌl Saakashvili (no aparece), en Kiev, Ucrania, hoy, 5 de diciembre de 2017. Saakashvili, convertido en opositor al Gobierno del presidente ucraniano, PetrÛ Poroshenko, fue detenido hoy por el Servicio de Seguridad de Ucrania (SBU) tras el registro de su vivienda en Kiev. Seg˙n confirmÛ uno de sus abogados, Pavel Bogomazov, Saakashvili fue arrestado horas despuÈs de que la policÌa irrumpiera en su domicilio tras detener este lunes a varios altos cargos de su partido. EFE/ Stepan Franko
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    KIV04. KIEV (UCRANIA), 05/12/2017.- Manifestantes tratan de evitar el arresto del expresidente georgiano MijaÌl Saakashvili (no aparece), en Kiev, Ucrania, hoy, 5 de diciembre de 2017. Saakashvili, convertido en opositor al Gobierno del presidente ucraniano, PetrÛ Poroshenko, fue detenido hoy por el Servicio de Seguridad de Ucrania (SBU) tras el registro de su vivienda en Kiev. Seg˙n confirmÛ uno de sus abogados, Pavel Bogomazov, Saakashvili fue arrestado horas despuÈs de que la policÌa irrumpiera en su domicilio tras detener este lunes a varios altos cargos de su partido. EFE/ Stepan Franko

  • KIV01. KIEV (UCRANIA), 05/12/2017.- Agentes de seguridad ucranianos arrestan al expresidente georgiano MijaÌl Saakashvili, en Kiev, Ucrania, hoy, 5 de diciembre de 2017. Saakashvili, convertido en opositor al Gobierno del presidente ucraniano, PetrÛ Poroshenko, fue detenido hoy por el Servicio de Seguridad de Ucrania (SBU) tras el registro de su vivienda en Kiev. Seg˙n confirmÛ uno de sus abogados, Pavel Bogomazov, Saakashvili fue arrestado horas despuÈs de que la policÌa irrumpiera en su domicilio tras detener este lunes a varios altos cargos de su partido. EFE/ Stepan Franko
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    KIV01. KIEV (UCRANIA), 05/12/2017.- Agentes de seguridad ucranianos arrestan al expresidente georgiano MijaÌl Saakashvili, en Kiev, Ucrania, hoy, 5 de diciembre de 2017. Saakashvili, convertido en opositor al Gobierno del presidente ucraniano, PetrÛ Poroshenko, fue detenido hoy por el Servicio de Seguridad de Ucrania (SBU) tras el registro de su vivienda en Kiev. Seg˙n confirmÛ uno de sus abogados, Pavel Bogomazov, Saakashvili fue arrestado horas despuÈs de que la policÌa irrumpiera en su domicilio tras detener este lunes a varios altos cargos de su partido. EFE/ Stepan Franko

  • Georgian former President Mikheil Saakashvili struggles out of a police car in Kiev, Ukraine December 5, 2017. REUTERS/Oleh Tereshchenko
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    Georgian former President Mikheil Saakashvili struggles out of a police car in Kiev, Ukraine December 5, 2017. REUTERS/Oleh Tereshchenko

  • Supporters of Georgian former President Mikheil Saakashvili move paving stones during clashes with police in Kiev, Ukraine December 5, 2017. REUTERS/Valentyn Ogirenko
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    Supporters of Georgian former President Mikheil Saakashvili move paving stones during clashes with police in Kiev, Ukraine December 5, 2017. REUTERS/Valentyn Ogirenko

  • Ukrainian Security Service officers detain Mikheil Saakashvili at his house in Kiev, Ukraine, Tuesday, Dec. 5, 2017. Ukraine's intelligence agency on Tuesday detained the former president of Georgia who has emerged as an anti-corruption campaigner in his new country but faced an angry backlash of protesters who would not let the officers to take him away. (AP Photo/Evgeniy Maloletka)
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    Ukrainian Security Service officers detain Mikheil Saakashvili at his house in Kiev, Ukraine, Tuesday, Dec. 5, 2017. Ukraine's intelligence agency on Tuesday detained the former president of Georgia who has emerged as an anti-corruption campaigner in his new country but faced an angry backlash of protesters who would not let the officers to take him away. (AP Photo/Evgeniy Maloletka)

Partidarios ucranianos del ex presidente de Georgia Mijaíl Saakashvili lo liberaron de un furgón policial el martes, después de que su detención como sospechoso de ayudar a una organización criminal provocó enfrentamientos con las fuerzas del orden público en el centro de Kiev.

Una vez liberado, Saakashvili elevó una mano con la V de victoria en medio de sus seguidores, con las esposas colgando aún de su muñeca. Después lideró a los manifestantes hacia el Parlamento ucraniano, donde exigió desafiante la destitución del presidente, Petro Poroshenko.

Agentes enmascarados habían sacado antes a Saakashvili, de 49 años, de un departamento en la capital ucraniana. Sin embargo, sus seguidores impidieron que el furgón policial pudiera moverse, rodeándolo y logrando liberarle rompiendo sus ventanas y la puerta trasera.

Los manifestantes también empezaron a levantar una barricada con neumáticos, maderas y piedras, una tradicional forma de protesta en Kiev y un recordatorio de escenas similares vividas en el levantamiento proeuropeo del "Maidan" vivido en Ucrania en 2013-14

"Quizás me salvaron hoy de la muerte, así que mi vida les pertenece", dijo Saakashvili a una multitud en un pequeño campamento opositor improvisado a las afueras del Parlamento. "El pueblo ucraniano debe unirse y obligar a que el Parlamento ucraniano saque del poder al grupo criminal liderado por el traidor a Ucrania, Poroshenko", afirmó.

El ministro del Interior, Arsen Avakov, dijo en una publicación en Facebook que Saakashvili debe actuar de acuerdo con la ley ucraniana y no "provocar sangre y enfrentamientos". La embajada de Estados Unidos en Kiev instó a todas las partes a rebajar la tensión y evitar la violencia.

La detención fue el último episodio de un prolongado pulso entre las autoridades ucranianas y Saakashvili, que fue invitado por Poroshenko a convertirse en gobernador regional tras las protestas que expulsaron en 2014 a un presidente prorruso. No obstante, los dos se enemistaron rápidamente.

Ucrania sospecha que Saakashvili recibe financiación de un grupo criminal ligado al ex presidente Viktor Yanukovich, que planea derrocar al gobierno actual, señaló el fiscal general, Yuriy Lutsenko, a periodistas tras el arresto.

Fuente: Reuters

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