The Attorney General of the Republic, Tarek William Saab, announced through a statement that the Public Ministry “will prosecute responsible for the violent actions that occurred in our Guyana Esequiba.”
In the statement, published in the Instagram account of the Public Prosecutor’s Office, it is specified that the prosecutors 59 were designated with national competence against common crimes and 52 national with competence against organized crime. “
He points out the document that has already begun investigation around the events that occurred on February 18, “in the territory of the Guayana Esequiba state, in which a group of people were injured as a result of the action of security forces of the Republic Guyana Cooperativa ”.
It is worth noting that on February 18, as reported in a statement the Chancellor of the Republic of Venezuela Yván Gil, “Elements linked to illegal mining, which operate in the Guayana Esequiba under the protection of the Army and the Guyana Police, were attacked and were injured“
Such statements occurred in order to deny the versions of the Government of Guyana, with respect to the fact that there was an attack against Guyanesas troops, which was described as a “False Flag Operation”, by the National Government.
In this regard, within the framework of the criminal investigation, the statement signed by the Attorney General of the Republic, Tarek William Saab, reports that “interview with a group of people who were injured in the events in reference, which are reference They find receiving medical care from the Venezuelan authorities. ”
Next text of the statement:
The Public Ministry will prosecute responsible for the violent actions that occurred in our Guayana Esequiba
The Public Ministry informs that, in the exercise of its constitutional and legal powers, it has begun a criminal investigation in relation to the events that occurred on February 18, 2025 in the territory of the Guayana Esequiba state, in which a group of people resulted Wounds product of the action of security forces of the Cooperative Republic of Guyana.
The Guayana Esequiba is an integral part of the territory of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela and the Public Prosecutor’s Office has jurisdiction to learn about the punishable facts that are committed there, as provided for in article 16 of the Organic Law for the Defense of Guayana Esequiba.
For the development of the investigation, prosecutors 59 have been appointed with national competence in matters against common crimes and 52 national with competence against organized crime.
Within the framework of the criminal investigation, the Public Ministry will take an interview with a group of people who were injured in the events in reference, which are receiving medical care from the Venezuelan authorities.
The Venezuelan State, worthy heir to the legacy of Los Libertadores, remains united and alert under the guidance of the principles of our Constitution in unrestricted defense of national sovereignty.
Caracas, February 19, 2025.
Tarek Willian Saab Prosecutor General of the Republic
