From the Strategic Operational Command of the FAN they still do not report how many have been apprehended in their operations or details about when and where they are carried out. Operation Bolivarian Shield began in Apure in January 2021
According to the head of the Strategic Operational Command of the National Armed Forces (CEO-FAN), Domingo Hernandez Larezthe military corps continues its fight against the Tancol or armed terrorist drug traffickers from Colombia, the most recent description for the irregular armed groups that make life on the Colombian-Venezuelan border.
Throughout the week the official boasted about operations in which, according to the unverified official version, explosive devices and narcotic materials were seized.
He insists on blaming the government of Iván Duque for not controlling the insurgents, although the alleged dismantling of camps and “cambuches” that he reports are in Venezuelan territory.
The Minister of Defense of Colombia, Diego Molano, assured this week that intelligence bodies of that country confirmed death in an explosive attack of the leader of the FARC dissidents, alias Gentil Duarte, which occurred in a camp in Zulia state, in Venezuelan territory.
The leader of the CEO-FAN does not report on arrests or casualties. Neither mentioned if the operations correspond to the same day that the audiovisual materials are published or if the actions are executed in the same place.
The NGO Fundaredes has been insistent in denouncing the inaction of the Venezuelan State in combating the Colombian guerrillas in Apure. More recently, as a result of the operations of the FAN, it has denounced the excesses that the military commit against the civilian population.
Since January 2022, the FAN has carried out the Bolivarian Shield 2022 operation “Vuelvan Caras” in the area, in which, according to Hernández Lárez, more than 10,000 men have been deployed.
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This week, Hernández Lárez reported that some 30 explosive devices were deactivated near the Arauca River, located between the states of Apure and Bolívar. He detailed that “drums, cartridges, gas cylinders and other artifacts” were found in the operation, the official wrote on May 27.
He also asserted that the National Armed Forces “will destroy all kinds of structures associated with Colombian criminal groups that invade this territory of peace.”
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The military reported that the FAN seized 10,000 liters of chemicals used for drug processing in Apure state, bordering Colombia. and that were destroyed in camps of alleged Colombian criminals. However, he did not detail what type of substances were found or if the operation led to the arrest of those allegedly involved.
In recent weeks, Hernández has reported the discovery of camps of Colombian irregular groups, seizures of drugs, explosives and weapons, as well as the neutralization of aircraft related to illegal incursions into Venezuelan territory and drug trafficking.
On May 25, he spoke on his social networks about an action of reconnaissance and patrolling in the José Antonio Páez municipality of Apure state where the FAN would have dismantled a deposit with 10,000 liters of acetone, precursors for the production of cocaine, and 5kg of explosive material.
“We will dust off all the drug trafficking structures on Venezuelan soil with which they have caused so much damage to our people and with their debris we will repair the roads full of craters from the explosives,” was another of the tweets that did not detail whether it was a different operation. .
Domínguez Hernadez Lárez mentioned the operation “Relámpago del Catatumbo”, in which Tancol infrastructures in Zulia state were destroyed.
He also made reference to the “Boquete Cacique Manaure” operation, in which illegal tracks were left unusable in Falcón. There was also talk of the destruction of a “cambuche of Colombian bandits on the cross-border axis.”
What the FAN official hides
Not on May 26, much less on May 27, did General Hernández Lárez refer to the death of alias “Gentil Duarte”
His true identity was Miguel Santanilla Botache, 58 years old, He was the head of the so-called FARC-EP dissidents, a group that did not accept the peace agreement signed in 2016 between the Colombian State and the extinct guerrilla. Although he participated in the peace negotiations, Santanilla did not activate it and quickly resumed arms and drug trafficking, concentrating his criminal activities in the east and southeast of Colombia.
The director of the police, General Jorge Luis Vargas, assured later that the first verifications indicate that there was an explosion in the place where “Gentil Duarte” was found.
“Gentil Duarte”, according to the Colombian authorities, sought refuge in Venezuela after operations against dissidents in Colombia. “This is one more proof, if this fact is confirmed, that the (Nicolás) Maduro regime protects terrorist groups and drug traffickers on its soil and does not fight them”Molano added.
The string of tweets continued.
The unimaginable! TANCOL ointment: coca with marijuana and arnica.
They will not experiment with their products in Venezuela!! pic.twitter.com/wphUDJsIOO— GJ. Domingo Hernández Lárez (@dhernandezlarez) May 23, 2022
In sovereign reconnaissance and patrol operations in Mcpio. Jose Antonio Paez of Edo. Hurry, URRA Miranda de la #FANB managed to locate and dismantle a TANCOL deposit within a gallery forest, with 10 thousand liters of acetone and 50 kg of explosive material. pic.twitter.com/Qm1laBM53b
— GJ. Domingo Hernández Lárez (@dhernandezlarez) May 25, 2022
We will make dust of all the drug trafficking structures on Venezuelan soil with which they have caused so much damage
to our town and with its rubble we will repair the roads full of craters by the explosives!! pic.twitter.com/OIVE4TqkmD— GJ. Domingo Hernández Lárez (@dhernandezlarez) May 25, 2022
Operation “Relámpago del Catatumbo” destruction of TANCOL infrastructures in Zulia state. Our territory is not for sale or rent !! pic.twitter.com/0XTz2FvUlJ
— GJ. Domingo Hernández Lárez (@dhernandezlarez) May 25, 2022
Operation Boquete Cacique Manaure. Disabling of illegal runways in Falcón. Supports built by TANCOL groups will be eliminated. pic.twitter.com/9GXt21bsxG
— GJ. Domingo Hernández Lárez (@dhernandezlarez) May 25, 2022
Venezuela is a territory of peace, all structures that support any armed group that generates violence, terrorists, drug traffickers and others will be destroyed! In the state of Apure, the FANB destroys a deposit of acetone and gunpowder for drug trafficking. pic.twitter.com/SujtUYBHuD
— GJ. Domingo Hernández Lárez (@dhernandezlarez) May 25, 2022
Due to the ineptitude of the Colombian government authorities to control their criminals, the FANB must fight tirelessly to expel and destroy these immigrant TANCOL groups. They have no place in our country!!! pic.twitter.com/ZdheVAV34k
— GJ. Domingo Hernández Lárez (@dhernandezlarez) May 25, 2022
The freedom of Venezuelans has been affected by cylinders and explosive containers made in Colombia, placed by the TANCOLs on the cross-border axis, as a result of the permeability and lack of control of the public forces of the neighboring country. We will not be part of your dirty game! pic.twitter.com/dhtQlQSC3S
— GJ. Domingo Hernández Lárez (@dhernandezlarez) May 25, 2022
Destruction of Colombian bandits’ huts on the cross-border axis. pic.twitter.com/eKaW3wEnfI
— GJ. Domingo Hernández Lárez (@dhernandezlarez) May 25, 2022
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