An alleged official of the Metropolitan Mayoralty asked US Ambassador William Browfield to leave a ceremony of donations for a junior baseball team in Coche, a development located in southwestern Caracas.

The diplomat was making a donation for a team backed by the Baltimore Orioles at Miranda Sports Center, when a group of people refused his participation, calling him persona non grata.

A presumed security chief of the Metropolitan Mayoralty showed up and argued that the ambassador was not authorized to stay there.

The National Guard went to the premises to safeguard Brownfield and cleared the exits of Coche market to help the diplomat leave the area.

However, a group of 20 motorcyclists chased the diplomatic caravan across the Valle-Coche highway in an attempt at harassment.