The use of maritime routes for Venezuelan migration increased as of 2018, which was taken advantage of by groups dedicated to human trafficking and sexual exploitation. General-in-Chief Domingo Hernández Lárez said that the Armed Forces remain deployed throughout the country’s Atlantic coast with the aim of combating “trafficking in persons by criminal groups outside the law.”
The strategic operational commander of the Armed Forces, General in Chief Domingo Hernández Lárez, reported on the morning of this Saturday the 26th about the seizure of two boats, as well as more than two thousand liters of fuel, which were used for human trafficking towards the island of Trinidad and Tobago.
In a message on your Twitter account, said that these peñero-type boats were hidden in “cambuches”, which were used as a “logistics center for the illegal sale and illegal trafficking of people to Trinidad.” The military did not explain in what state this operation was carried out.
FANB seizes 2 peñero-type boats with more than 2,000 liters of fuel in cabins, used as a logistics center for the illegal sale and illegal trafficking of people to Trinidad. pic.twitter.com/PAkhLK6UWD
— GJ. Domingo Hernández Lárez (@dhernandezlarez) August 27, 2022
He stressed that the Armed Forces remain deployed throughout the Atlantic coast of the country with the aim of combating “trafficking in persons by criminal groups outside the law.”
He also said that there are rapid response units deployed and patrolling in the Orinoco delta, Delta Amacuro state, in the “Wara 2022” operation to “guarantee the sovereignty and independence of the nation.”
The use of maritime routes for Venezuelan migration increased as of 2018, which was taken advantage of by groups dedicated to human trafficking and sexual exploitation, as revealed by «Disappear at sea: a search without a compass»an investigation carried out by SuchWhich in partnership with Connectas.
In the states of Sucre and Delta Amacuro, an illegal operation has been registered for the transfer of people to the neighboring island of Trinidad, while unauthorized boats depart from Falcón for Aruba or Curazao. In both cases, dozens of disappearances were recorded that have not been duly investigated by the Venezuelan State.
In the first 20 days of August 2022, police authorities reported the dismantling of at least three groups dedicated to human trafficking. One of them transported the victims to Trinidad, another to Colombia, while the third group sexually exploited young people and women in vulnerable situations.
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