The Government of Nicolás Maduro denounced on Thursday that military planes of the United States ventured about 75 kilometers from its coasts in the Caribbean Sea. He affirmed that he will take the case before him UN Secretary General, António Guterresand other international instances, including the community of Latin American and Caribbean states (CELAC).
“Venezuela demands that the Secretary of War of the United States, Pete Hegseth, who immediately ceases in his reckless, adventurous and warrior position, who intends to undermine the Peace Zone of Latin America and the Caribbean and endangers regional stability,” said the executive of Nicolás Maduro in an official statement.
The pronouncement, signed by the Ministries of Defense and Foreign relations“The incursion” of the devices, which were detected on October 2 within the Maiquetía Flight Information Region (FIR). The Comprehensive Aerospace Defense Command (CODAI) confirmed the presence, which also observed a Colombian airline.
Caracas considered the maneuver as “a provocation that threatens national sovereignty and contravenes the norms of international law and the Chicago Convention on International Civil Aviation.”
Maduro’s government ensures that he will not tolerate aggressions
The statement warned that “this serious report is added to other previously registered illegal incursions and already denounced by the Bolivarian government, which configures a harassment pattern that cannot be tolerated.”
In that sense, the Executive said that “he will not accept intimidations or aggressions of any foreign power” and that “he will fully exercise his right to defense of national sovereignty, in accordance with international law.” He also reported that “the Bolivarian National Armed Forces will remain on permanent alert with its integrated aerospace defense system.”
In addition, he announced that he will take the case to the UN, to the Security Council, to the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) and the CELAC to demand that “the necessary measures that prevent the repetition of these illegal and dangerous actions” are adopted.
Hours before, the Minister of Defense, Vladimir Padrino Lópezdenounced the “military harassment” of combat planes near Venezuelan airspace. As detailed, “more than five vectors” were detected with 400 knots flight characteristics and an altitude of 35,000 feet.
The episode adds to the military deployment that the United States maintains in the Caribbean, with at least eight warships, a fast attack nuclear submarine, more than 4,500 soldiers and f-35b fighters parked in Puerto Rico. Caracas interprets this mobilization as a direct threat and as part of a plan to promote a “regime change” in the country.
With EFE information.
