Defense Minister Vladimir Padrino López said he becomes “annoying” to reiterate that there are no large -scale drugs. He also noted that in the country there is no record on coca crops, although the Sierra Operation was activated on the weekend with Colombia in the Zulia state
The Minister of Defense, G/J Vladimir Padrino López, said Monday 8 that the country is “victim of armed groups” from Colombia, while accused “spokesmen of the right” of imposing a narrative to accuse the authorities of giving hostel and protection to the guerrillas.
«We are victims of the armed groups that were born to the heat of the struggle for social justice on the other side of the border, in Colombia. We are victims, we are not the center, ”said Padrino López in a balance transmitted by VTV.
According to Padrino López, American media and “spokesmen of the right” want to “show Venezuela as if it were the problem, as if the problem of the armed groups born in Colombia is a problem of Venezuela, which we give them shelter, which we protect it in Venezuela. Always moving responsibility for other states ».
In this balance, he said that he becomes “annoying” to reiterate that in the country there are no large -scale drugs. He also pointed out that in the country there is no record of coca crops, although the Sierra operation at the border with Colombia in the Zulia state was activated on the weekend.
The minister explained that this operation, which will cover the Sierra de Perijá, is made “to determine the non -existence of crops on the border limit. If there were, once we act ».
On the other hand, Padrino López, he said that the National Armed Forces (FAN) remains in “permanent surveillance” on US military operations in the Caribbean. Earlier, he reported on the reinforcement of surveillance in five coastal states.
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«We are observing them from here, from Venezuela. We are a town that is vigilant, it is alert. We are not scared, we are not afraid but remains on permanent alert against any attempt to violate our sovereignty, “he said.
The minister said that «everything we are doing, from the call to enlistment to the high operational prepoto at this juncture, has a doctrinal line. They are not improvisations, we are doing serious job to enlist and prepare the country in the face of threats ».
As part of the balance, the general commander of the National Guard, M/G Elio Estrada Paredes, indicated that 415 points of citizen service were deployed throughout the territory, as part of the Bolivarian shield operation, where 3,200 tons of scrap, 17 tons of copper, 312 tons of iron, 56 tons of aluminum; 229,464 liters of fuel; 259 tons of food; 215,000 medications; 14 tons of drugs and urea, respectively.
He also said that 14 kilograms of explosives, 895 firearms, 20,865 ammunition of different calibers, 43 grenades and 1,800 protected species were seized.
While in the binational zone No. 1 Táchira, the seizure of 1,746 kilos of different drugs was achieved: 938 kilos of cocaine, 769 kilos of marijuana, 39 kilograms of Tusi and 210 kilos of precursor substances.
The Miguel Chacín Socorro Division General said that under the operation Hand de Iron, the arrest of 984 citizens and retention of 94 vehicles were achieved, which were placed at the order of the Public Ministry.
*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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