Cash of the Bolivarian National Armed Force (FANB) detained in flagrante delicto 11 armed subjects, who were destroying the Forest Reserve while practicing the mining illegal, in Bolívar state.
The information was released by the head of the FANB Strategic Operational Command (Ceofanb), Domingo Hernández Lárez, who detailed on his Twitter account that the 11 citizens were “heavily armed” and were detained in flagrante delicto.
In this regard, he stressed that the FANB will not allow the exploitation of resources arbitrarily by organizations that are outside the law.
“#FANB will protect harmony in our geographic space. The exploitation of resources arbitrarily by organizations outside the law will not be allowed. In Bolívar, 11 heavily armed individuals are detained in flagrante delicto destroying the Forest Reserve,” the post on Twitter reported.
Protected by Forest Reserves
Given this procedure carried out by the military, the Chief of Ceofanb stressed that the Bolivarian National Armed Force complies with the law and carries out environmental protection missions.
In this sense, he emphasized that they are constantly monitoring compliance with the territorial ordering of the Forest Reserves, for this reason “mining exploitation is prohibited, in guarantee of the security and defense of the nation.”
“Deforestation and ecocide will not be allowed,” Hernández Lárez remarked on his account on the social network Twitter.
“FANB, in compliance with the law and in environmental protection missions, verifies the territorial planning of the Forest Reserves, where mining exploitation is prohibited, in guarantee of the security and defense of the nation,” says the message.
FANB guarantees environmental rights
Likewise, Hernández Lárez reported that the FANB remains deployed throughout the Bolívar state, with the aim of safeguarding territorial planning and guaranteeing sovereignty and environmental rights within the Forest Reserves.
“#FANB deployed in the state of Bolívar in the exercise of its functions of direction, control and verification of compliance with the territorial order, to guarantee sovereignty and Environmental Rights within the Forest Reserves,” he added on Twitter.
Likewise, the head of Ceofanb, Domingo Hernández Lárez, stressed that the FANB “will not allow armed terrorist groups associated with drug trafficking and human trafficking to undermine, destroy and cause irreparable damage to the ecological environment in the Venezuelan Forest Reserves.”
