staff of the Bolivarian National Armed Force (FANB) dismantled a camp illegal mining, in Bolívar state, belonging to the armed group calling itself “El Ciego”. This was reported by the Operational Strategic Commander of the FANB (Ceofanb), Domingo Hernández Lárez.
In a message posted on his Twitter social network account, Hernández Lárez indicated that this group that operates in Bolívar “ignore territorial legal systems,” causing great damage to the ecosystem.
“In Bolívar, FANB dismantles an illegal mining camp belonging to the armed group calling itself ‘El Ciego’, who disregard territorial legal systems, depredate the environment and undermine the soil in areas protected by the State,” he said.
Likewise, the FANB maintains commissions deployed in the Canaima National Park, also located in Bolívar, an area “under the Special Conservation Regime, in which human activity will be regulated and mining exploitation or environmental degradation is not allowed,” said Hernández Lárez. .
In Amazonas they maintain deployment
Operations to put an end to illegal mining practices have also been carried out in the National Park Yapacana, located in Amazonas state, as part of compliance with security and environmental defense plans.
“#FANB deployed in the Yapacana National Park, dismantling illegal camps and structures, in compliance with security, defense and environmental protection plans,” Hernández Lárez said on the social network.
He added that in the Yapacana National Park the FANB is deployed to protect the environmental area.
“The Yapacana National Park is a security area protected by the State #FANB will not allow any type of environmental or mining exploitation activity. It is a “National Park” and Venezuelans have a duty to protect the environment and biodiversity,” he said on Twitter.
FANB active in Bolívar and Amazonas
Given the continuous findings of camps and structures used for illegal mining, the Chief of the Ceofanb stressed that the FANB troops will remain active, in order to guarantee the protection and defense of the ecosystem.
Hernández Lárez has reiterated in recent statements that “Venezuela’s National Parks are areas and territories that house ecosystems that are protected by the State, from alteration by human exploitation or occupation.”
In this sense, he emphasized that the FANB will dismantle this type of illegal structures and the groups that operate in them.
