He waited, imho, until he was cleared legally. Just recently (2 months maybe??) he was legally cleared of wrongdoing.
I mean, this is the Venezuela and guns timeline:
2012: total civilian disarmament
2017: pro-regime militias selectively armed, & scattered reports of them killing citizens
2019: "the order is to massacre the people"
2A ppl don't need to reach back to Germany anymore.— Jon Stokes (@jonst0kes) February 24, 2019