staff of the Bolivarian National Armed Force (FANB) dismantled the mining camp of the self-styled criminal gang The blindin Bolívar state, reported the head of the FANB Strategic Operational Command (Ceofanb), Domingo Hernández Lárez.
Through his account on the social network Twitter, Hernández Lárez explained that during the operation the FANB officials disabled “2 vehicles, 3 rafts, 6 engines, 6 power plants, 26 hydropneumatic pumps, 2,000 meters of hose, 2,000 liters of fuel, 6 tames and other logistic materials”.
This criminal group operates in Bolívar and “ignores territorial legal systems,” causing great damage to the ecosystem, he added.
«In the Edo Bolívar #FANB dismantle mining camp of the criminal gang calling itself El Ciego, disabling 2 vehicles, 3 rafts, 6 engines, 6 power plants, 26 hydropneumatic pumps, 2,000 meters of hose, 2,000 liters of fuel, 6 drums and other logistical materials,” published the Chief of Ceofanb .
In this regard, Hernández Lárez recalled that the FANB remains deployed in Bolívar and Amazonas states, “dismantling illegal mining camps.”
“#FANB deployed in Bolívar and Amazonas states, dismantling illegal mining camps that arbitrarily set up in forests protected by the State and destroy the natural environment,” he said.
Likewise, Hernández Lárez indicated that “the fight is limited to making the population understand that the ecological damage caused by environmental depredation affects the entire nation equally.”
In this sense, he emphasized that the FANB will not allow mining exploitation in the country’s National Parks.
«Mining exploitation will not be allowed in the National Parks. #FANB destroys mining raft polluting rivers and the environment in a State security zone”, he said.
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.”
