The National Institute of Civil Aeronautics (INAC) will be in charge of complying with the resolution, in coordination with the State Security and Defense Bodies. The measure includes the suspension of the purchase, sale, manufacture, import or distribution of drones
The Maduro Administration prohibited the flight of drones in Venezuela for a period of 30 days from August 18, with the exception of citizen security and defense agencies, according to the resolution published in the Official Extraordinary Gazette No. 6,927.
The measure is taken in the middle of the tensions between the United States and Venezuela for the deployment of the US military forces in the Caribbean to combat drug cartels in Latin America, the accusations of the Government of Donald Trump to Nicolás Maduro, whom they accuse of having alleged links to drug trafficking, and the increase in recommended by information that leads to its capture.
In a joint resolution between the Ministry of Transportation and the Ministry of Interior, Justice and Peace, it is established that the measure of the measure can be extendable.
«It is suspended and prohibited, throughout the national geographical space, the purchase, sale, manufacture, import, distribution, instructiontraining, training, registration and operations of remote piloted aircraft (RPA) aircraft, whether remotely piloted or non -piloted aircraft and aeromodelos; as well as its parts and components, for a period of thirty (30) extendable days, counted from the publication of the measure, with the exception to the citizen and defense agencies of the Nation, ”said the statement published in the Instagram account of the Minister of Transportation, Ramón Velásquez Araguayán, this August 19.
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The National Institute of Civil Aeronautics (INAC) will be in charge of complying with the resolution, in coordination with the State Security and Defense Bodies.
After the failed attack against Nicolás Maduro in August 2018, the INAC established a series of regulations on the use of drones in Venezuela.
Since then drones owners must have a license and registration of the device authorized by the INAC, they must also specify whether their use has a recreational, private or commercial purpose.
With information from NTN 24
*Journalism in Venezuela is exercised in a hostile environment for the press with dozens of legal instruments arranged for the punishment of the word, especially the laws “against hatred”, “against fascism” and “against blockade.” This content was written taking into consideration the threats and limits that, consequently, have been imposed on the dissemination of information from within the country.
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