Wilmer Rodríguez Velíz, 38 years old and from Mantecal, will replace Eduardo Piñate, who was reappointed as Minister of Labor two weeks ago. Last year he was accused of illegally appropriating the El Chaparralito ranch and more than a thousand cattle.
This Tuesday, September 10, the appointment of the rancher was made official Wilmer Rodriguez Velíz as acting governor of the state of Apure until 2025, when new regional and municipal elections are expected.
This was reported by the ruler Nicolás Maduro at a meeting of the Federal Government Council, where he also welcomed the appointment of the former deputy Elio Serrano for the Governorship of Miranda.
Rodríguez, 38 years old and from Mantecal, will replace Eduardo Piñate, who was reappointed as Minister of Labor two weeks ago. He was president of the Bravos de Apure Livestock Corporation (Corpogaba) since the year 2019and also headed Agroflora, another company dedicated to the commercial production of beef cattle and buffalos and attached to the Ministry of Agriculture and Lands.
Wilmer Rodriguez was involved, according to a report of journalist Sebastiana Barráez, in the illegal appropriation by former governor Piñate of the El Chaparralito ranch and more than a thousand cattle.
This herd, owned by Reyes Gabriel Hernández González, was absorbed as part of the company “Batalla de Mucurita”, attached to the General Directorate of Animal Agriculture of the Government of Apure, says your website.
«The Governor’s branding, which is the map of the state of Apure, was stamped on 1,300 cattle from the El Chaparralito ranch, without any sale or order or anything. The Court summoned Wilmer Rodriguez to clarify everything that had been stolen from the ranch, but the individual said that he would not appear because ‘the governor has already given me the go-ahead and I have nothing to do in court.’ That means that the Governor was the one who ordered the cattle to be branded,» Hernández denounced last year.
He directly accused Rodriguez of appropriating and using Chaparralito’s machinery and tractors on his farm, called Hato Gato Gordo, as well as appropriating 1,200 buffalos and cows, a car, a boat and other equipment.
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