From the detainees they seized a panel of marijuana, a 38 mm caliber revolver, a 12 mm diameter shotgun, a motorcycle, a radio transmitter and telephone equipment.
Agents assigned to the Military Intelligence Division of Zone Command No. 11 Zulia of the Bolivarian National Guard (GNB) arrested three members of the El Virolo criminal gang.
The procedure was carried out in the Primero de Mayo sector of the La Concepción parish, in the Jesús Enrique Lossada municipality (Zulia), where the aforementioned gang dedicated to extortion, illicit sale of drugs and recruiting minors to commit crimes operates, says the report posted on the Instagram account of the aforementioned military component.
From the detainees they seized a pack of marijuana, a 38 mm caliber revolver, a 12 mm diameter shotgun, a motorcycle, a radio transmitter and telephone equipment.
A similar procedure was also carried out in Zulia by the aforementioned Military Intelligence Division in the El Motilón sector of the Jesús Enrique Lossada municipality (La Concepción) where José Angel Barrios Mas y Rubi was captured. This subject is listed in the military publication as a member of the El Guaro criminal organization and was requesting the crime of extortion, according to a file from the Thirteenth Control Court of Zulia. At the time of being captured, the subject was traveling on a motorcycle carrying a 16-gauge shotgun and 3 cell phones.
And in La Cañada de Urdaneta (Zulia), the military detained two members of the Lioberth Atencio gang, from whom they seized a hand grenade. The gang is dedicated to extortion, the GNB noted in its report.
