Brazil indicated that its military fighters knocked down the aircraft from Venezuela after ignoring the warning calls to land
The Brazilian Air Force reported on Wednesday, February 12 that a plane from Venezuela was demolished, which would have entered clandestinely into the Amazon nation with a cargo of alleged drug.
According to a statement from the air component, the Brazilian fighters acted to “intercept” the aircraft after the crew on board did not respond to the warnings to modify their route and land; qualifying the same as “hostile.”
After demolishing the unit, officials approached the place where the ship crashed and found two bodies and a cargo of alleged drug. They did not reveal how much was the cargo or the identity of those killed in the incident.
Brazil has intensified the surveillance of its airspace in recent years to prevent suspected aircraft of transporting drugs and other illicit entering from neighboring countries.
The Osium operation, in which this action was framed, aims to strengthen control in border areas and deter aircar for criminal activities.
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“The FAB always remains ready and present in all the operations carried out, fulfilling its institutional mission of maintaining the sovereignty of airspace, with a view to the defense of the homeland,” the Air Force concluded in its statement.
This operation in Brazil was recorded days after the Minister of Defense, G/J Vladimir Padrino López, He will inform that in the border area between Venezuela and Colombia, in the Catatumbo region, more than five thousand members of the National Armed Forces are deployed in the framework of the military exercises announced by the Executive within the framework of the 2025 Bolivarian shield.
These men were located along 10 thousand square kilometers of border that covers the states of Táchira and Zulia, adjacent to the Catatumbo region; located between the northern department of Santander. In addition, he noted that the operation is carried out simultaneously in several states of the country.
Padrino López, from the area, explained that these exercises are carried out for the defense of sovereignty, avoiding the access of “irregular groups”, guaranteeing the internal order “and democratic stability”; since he said that this area is vulnerable for how extensive it is.
With information from DW
*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 is being published taking into account the threats and limits that, consequently, have been imposed on the dissemination of information from within the country.
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