Members of the Bolivarian National Armed Forces (FANB), through Operation Roraima 2022, arrested three citizens who are members of the Las 3R criminal gang with war material and ammunition, who commit crimes of illegal mining, drug trafficking and human trafficking.
The information was released by head of the FANB Operational Command (Ceofanb), Domingo Hernández Lárez through his account on the social network Twitter. In a message, Hernández Lárez specified that the FANB arrested “3 members of the Las 3R criminal gang in possession of weapons of war, communication equipment, ammunition, uniforms and other supplies.”
He also recalled that the FANB maintains a fierce fight against illegal mining, drug trafficking and human trafficking.
“In missions against illegal mining, drug trafficking and human trafficking in Operation Roraima 2022, FANB detained 3 members of the Las 3R criminal gang in possession of weapons of war, communication equipment, ammunition, uniforms and other supplies”, public.
FANB deployed at the borders
On the other hand, the Head of Ceofanb stressed that the FANB troops remain deployed in the Guayana regionwith the aim of eliminating illegal mining practices, with the premise of protecting the environment of the national territory.
“In the Guayana region, #FANB in the fight against illegal mining, in the protection of the environment and eradication of criminal groups associated with drug trafficking and forest depredation,” he said on Twitter.
As part of the operations, human skeleton remains were found in an open pit, located in Bolívar state.
“In the Sifontes municipality of Bolívar state, in intervention work on illegal mines, the FANB locates remains of human bones in an open pit,” said Hernández Lárez.
vital heritage of the nation
For the FANB, biological diversity, natural resources, ecological processes and National Parks are of vital importance, therefore “arbitrary exploitation within the Forest Reserves will not be tolerated.”
«The biological diversity, the natural resources, the ecological processes and the National Parks will be conserved, safeguarded and protected as a vital Patrimony of the nation by the FANB. Arbitrary exploitation within the Forest Reserves will not be tolerated », he noted on Twitter.
Prison for those who authorize prohibited activities
The head of Ceofanb, Domingo Hernández Lárez, was emphatic in emphasizing that any public official who grants permits to carry out activities that are not allowed and that go against the environment and the country’s Forest Reserves will be punished with prison.
“The public official or public official who grants authorizing acts for the development of activities not allowed according to the land management plans in the beds and floodplains of rivers or other bodies of water, will be sanctioned with prison,” he said.
