A farm from which a cell of the Tren del Llano operated was raided by the Rapid Reaction Unit (Urra) whose military agents recovered a Light Automatic Rifle (FAL), according to military sources.
The procedure was carried out in the La Trinidad sector, José Félix Ribas municipality (Tucupido), Guárico state, specifically at the La Guillermera Farm. Members of the El Ignacio group, associated with the Tren del Llano, were present at that site and confronted the military officers. The subjects fled and it was there that Urra recovered the FAL with a magazine containing 20 cartridges, as well as another magazine for an AK-103 rifle (20 bullets), a radio transmitter and four telephone sets, according to the initial report of Detachment 343 of the Bolivarian National Guard (GNB), a component that acts in “Operation Zaraza 2024”, aimed at neutralizing the Tren del Llano cells scattered throughout eastern Guárico.
The aforementioned operation began last Tuesday in two sectors of Zaraza (San José and Barrialito) where five members of the El Pepón gang were killed, including its leader Yohanny Machuca.
The operation was later deployed in rural areas of Santa María de Ipire, such as Chaparrote-Curpino, where the military killed three partners of El Peón: Adolfo José González (El Galapago), Víctor Morabito Zamora (El Morabito) and Greiddy Nahomi Fajardo (La Chachi).
At the scene, officers collected two 9mm pistols (Glock 17, Pietro Beretta Mod-92), a .38 Smith & Wesson revolver, two pistol magazines, eleven 9mm cartridges and a bulletproof vest, according to a report from Urra and Detachment 343 of the GNB.
The El Pepón gang is dedicated to collecting taxes from medium and small agricultural producers in eastern Guárico. They used the same criminal practice against merchants and entrepreneurs in any field, according to testimonies.
