staff of the Bolivarian National Armed Force (FANB) dismantled and destroyed logistics equipment belonging to criminal groups that practice mining illegal in the Yapacana National Park, located in the state of Amazonas.
The information was released by the head of the FANB Strategic Operational Command (Ceofanb), Domingo Hernández Lárez, who through his account on the social network Twitter explained that these criminal groups “arbitrarily destroy the environment and the vegetation layer disrespecting Venezuelan laws.
“In the Yapacana National Park, #FANB dismantles and destroys logistics equipment belonging to illegal mining criminal groups that arbitrarily destroy the environment and the vegetation layer, disrespecting Venezuelan laws. The protection of nature is a civic duty,” Hernández Lárez posted on Twitter.
The Chief of the Ceofanb indicated that the FANB remains active guaranteeing the defense of the country’s environmental resources, by carrying out operations in the different national parks, national monuments and forest reserves of the Venezuelan Amazon.
“Operation Autana 2023, in defense of our natural parks, forests and forest reserves, against illegal mining. All illegal structures installed in security zones protected by the State will be destroyed, ”he stressed on the social network.
“#FANB operationalizing security and defense plans in National Parks, National Monuments and Forest Reserves in the Venezuelan Amazon, where disaffected and arbitrary armed groups destroy and depredate the environment for the purposes of illegal mining. All the camps, materials and equipment present will be dismantled and destroyed due to violation of the territorial order,” the Chief of Ceofanb said on Twitter.
Reserves of San Camilo in Apure
The head of the Ceofanb indicated that the military of the FANB in their task of protecting the natural environments of the country are deployed in the forest reserves of San Camilo in the state of Apure.
“#FANB in the forest reserves of San Camilo in Apure state, guaranteeing territorial integrity, in tracking tasks against criminal groups that generate violence,” he added on the social network.
Likewise, he highlighted the work of the Rapid Reaction Units (URRAS) in the fight against illegal mining and any practice that threatens the natural reserves of Venezuela.
“URRAS of the #FANB heading to the depths of the Amazonian border axis, in security and national defense missions for the protection of our natural resources and the environment,” he said.
FANB to the fight against mining
It should be noted that the FANB maintains permanent patrols in the natural areas protected by the State, to preserve the ecosystems of the entire national territory from illegal actions of irregular groups that act in violation of the rules.
In this sense, the troops of the FANB are committed to the defense and sovereignty of the natural environments of the national territory, for which they will maintain the deployment in the different natural environments, the Chief of the Ceofanb recently said.
