by the attorney general, which had a negative impact on the independence of prosecutors. The report also reads that in some cases, prosecutors were dismissed or removed from cases, as was the case with the prosecutor investigating the death of Rubén González, allegedly killed by a Bolivarian National Guard (GNB) bullet on 10 July 2017, who was removed from the case when she was about to question the GNB officers allegedly involved in the killing. On 2 February 2023, officers of the National Bolivarian Police of Nueva Esparta state arrested Edgar Alexander Guzmán Granadino and Luis Aquiles Rojas Velásquez, subjects implicated in an assassination attempt on several high-ranking officials of the Public Prosecutor's Office (MP), including Tarek William Saab, whose foiled attempt had been ordered by Jhonatan Marín, a former mayor of Guanta municipality, accused of corruption in Venezuela and convicted of bribery in the United States. Sanctions Tarek William Saab has been sanctioned by several countries and is banned from entering neighboring Colombia. The Colombian government maintains a list of people banned from entering Colombia or subject to expulsion; as of January 2019, the list had 200 people with a "close relationship and support for the Nicolás Maduro regime". In July 2017, thirteen senior officials of the Venezuelan government, including Saab, associated with the 2017 Venezuelan Constituent Assembly elections were sanctioned by the United States for their role in undermining democracy and human rights. Canada sanctioned 40 Venezuelan officials, including Saab, in September 2017. The sanctions were for behaviors that undermined democracy after at least 125 people were killed in the 2017 Venezuelan protests and "in response to the government of Venezuela's deepening descent into dictatorship". Canadians were banned from transactions with the 40 individuals, whose Canadian assets were frozen. The European Union sanctioned seven Venezuela officials, including Saab, on 18 January 2018, singling them out as being responsible for deteriorating democracy in the country. The sanctioned individuals were prohibited from entering the nations of the European Union, and their assets were frozen. In March 2018, Panama sanctioned 55 public officials, including Saab, and Switzerland implemented sanctions, freezing the assets of seven ministers and high officials, including Saab, due to human rights violations and deteriorating rule of law and democracy. On 20 April 2018, the Mexican Senate froze the assets of officials of the Maduro administration, including Saab, and prohibited them from entering Mexico. Literary work Tarek began writing