During the celebration of the 88th Anniversary of the Bolivarian National Guard (GNB), the President of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela, Nicolás Maduro Moros, reported that the arrest of more than 70,500 subjects linked to different crimes, which were fought by the GNB, was achieved.
From Villa Zoila in Caracas, the national president also stressed that the GNB fulfills an important role in the Bolivarian National Armed Forces (FANB), since “they have given a bath of peace to a whole town”; With the recovery of thousands of firearms, grenades, more than 8,731 vehicles from criminal activities, 1,380 outboard engines in permanent combat in the Caribbean seas, in Los Ríos, at the borders against the Toncol groups, which are armed terrorists of Colombia.
Along the same lines, he added that more than 1,230 vessels used for crimes of different kinds were arrested; Highlighting in this regard, that these outboard and fleet engines are in the hands of public and military forces, as well as important sectors of the Venezuelan fishermen’s movement.
“They passed from the crime, of evil, of violence, to the hands of those who defend, protect and produce by Venezuela,” said the president.
On the other hand, the Venezuelan dignitary highlighted in relation to the constitutional component of the GNB, which are multiple the functions that it fulfills within the FANB; Among them, the professional support work that provides 13 prison centers in the country, which “before were of greater danger.”
Additionally, in terms of the return plan to the homeland, the GNB remains at the country’s airports, responsible for receiving all migrants who have been persecuted, captured, tortured and expelled from the United States (USA), to pay human, psychological attention, and then lead them to the doors of their home; Thanks to the articulation and immediate attention exercised by the Bolivarian government.
Therefore, he said: “Today, we go to new transformations, new bodies and work organizations for the fight against cyber -terrorism and terrorism for the development of digital, communicational capacity of our GNB.”
GNB as revolutionary avant -garde
The FANB -chief commander also stressed that GNB has proven to be a fundamental pillar in the defense of the Bolivarian Revolution, with tangible achievements in the fight against drug trafficking, terrorism and organized crime.
He emphasized that the achievements of the GNB must be measured both by their discipline, moral and operational preposter and for their concrete impact on the safety of the people.
“After 88 years of struggle and that the Bolivarian revolution placed it where it had to be, the components of our armed force, in the last year, have reached impressive achievements,” said President Maduro.
Accurate coup to drug trafficking and paramilitarism
In a battle without barracks against the narco-paramilitar mafias, the GNB has managed to seize more than 100 tons of drugs in the last year. This effort has been carried out through intelligence, counterintelligence and direct actions operations in border areas, where organized crime tries to penetrate the national territory.
“With his intelligence, his counterintelligence, his permanent action and his rifles fighting, he has managed to hit the narco-paramilitary mafias hard on the border,” said the head of state.
Invincible shield
He exalted the humanitarian work of the Bolivarian National Guard (GNB) during the most difficult moments of the pandemic, highlighting its absolute delivery to the Venezuelan people.
“The accompaniment of our people in conjunctures such as Pandemia: there was the National Guard carrying the vaccine, the antiviral, the treatment, accompanying our people in those difficult years,” said the national president.
Active presence in civil protection
The Head of State stressed the permanent work of the military component in the emergency care and natural tragedies, complying with the legacy of Commander Hugo Chávez.
«In all the tasks to mitigate natural tragedies and complex situations, there is always the National Guard with our people. And with the people’s guard, created by our eternal commander Hugo Chávez, there is every day the National Guard next to the leading people, of the community people, ”he said with revolutionary emotion.
Upper goal: reach all communal circuits
President Maduro emphasized the new work stage that GNB must fulfill, with special emphasis on the people’s guard, to strengthen his relationship with organized popular power.
“Above all, in this new stage, in which the Bolivarian National Guard – especially the People’s Guard – must meet higher goals to arrive, as I have given the order, to the 5,336 communal circuits of the country,” said the leader of the Bolivarian Revolution.
Garants of Sovereignty and National Peace
The national president highlighted the strategic deployment of GNB in the protection of borders, ports, airports and sensitive objectives of the country.
«Custody the borders, the Bolivarian National Guard is present. Custodiating ports, airports and sensitive strategic objectives of the country, there is the present National Guard, “he ratified, while he exalted:” It is a permanent battle of a country that knows how to conquer and defend its right to peace. ”
Formation of excellence at the service of the country
The president highlighted the professional quality of the component, recognized at the continental level, in areas such as criminal investigation, public order management and customs control.
“This fourth component has all its training instances at the highest level that is known today,” I can say, “throughout our continent. Truly, it is a component with great capacity in all areas, ”he emphasized with national pride.
With a call to the people to be proud of his national guard, President Maduro reaffirmed: “We proudly have to feel where there is a Bolivarian National Guard!”, Thus ratifying the popular, Bolivarian and Chavista character of this essential component of the FANB.
Maduro, paid tribute to the historical trajectory of this essential component of the Bolivarian National Armed Forces (FANB). Since its foundation, the GNB has been Pilar in the protection of the sovereignty and stability of the country.
«We are commemorating 88 years in which this sky of our beloved homeland saw the effort of the National Guard, today Bolivarian. 88 years of a trajectory that, we can say, has marked our country at all times, in one way or another, ”said the commander in chief from Villa Zoila, a symbolic place where the first command of this military body was established.
The national president emphasized the importance of resuming the foundational values of the GNB, in line with the Bolivarian and Socialist project. His speech highlighted the commitment of the troops to the Integral Defense of the Nation before the imperialist threats.
“We have returned to Villa Zoila, where his first command was, because it is to return to the original honor, to the original morals, to the light and the original spirit of those who had the idea of building a military dream to give our country days of peace and internal order,” said the president.
The Head of State highlighted the evolution of GNB in the last 26 years, adapting to the new times as guarantor of the Bolivarian Constitution and avant -garde against external and internal aggressions.
“How many experiences accumulated throughout these 88 years that we celebrate today with a more moralized Bolivarian National Guard, more strengthened, more disciplined and more powerful than ever before!”, He exclaimed.
Active defense against fascism and narcoterrorism
In his speech, President Maduro recalled the leading role of GNB in the defeat of the violent attempts promoted by the Venezuelan right and its international allies.
“It has assumed the construction of a powerful component that occupies all the spaces and dimensions of our homeland, guaranteeing the internal order in a special way in all the attacks of attack: fascist violence, terrorism and narcoterrorism,” he said.
Unwavering commitment to peace
The president closed his message reaffirming the disposition of the Bolivarian National Guard to continue protecting the Venezuelan people, in strict adherence to socialist and anti -imperialist principles.
“At all times, there has been the Professional National Guard, guaranteeing the internal order and peace of our country,” he concluded, ratifying the unrestricted support of the Bolivarian government to its military forces.
With a call to maintain the perfect fusion: popular, police and military, President Maduro claimed the revolutionary character of the GNB, as the inheritance of Commander Hugo Chávez and irreplaceable bastion in the defense of the socialist homeland.
