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The FANB neutralizes a plane in Apure

The General Commander of the Strategic Operational Command of the Bolivarian National Armed Forces (Ceofanb), G/j Domingo Hernández Lárez, reported that a Sabreliner (SBR1) type light aircraft, registration XBRAD, was traveling en route Mexico (Cozumel) – Curaçao Island, associated allegedly to the irregular groups Colombian Armed Terrorist Drug Traffickers (TANCOL), was immobilized and intervened by the Bolivarian National Armed Forces (FANB) in Apure state.

The Commander on his Twitter @dhernandezlarez indicated that “At 11:40 p.m. HLV, the FANB air resources, once the corresponding procedure was completed, carried out the legal intervention and effective IMMOBILIZATION of the aircraft.”

Procedure

Hernández Lárez explained the procedure that was carried out in the state of Apure, where the FANB activated the defense plan in accordance with current search and location procedures for the entire national territory, with emphasis on the border limits, the Apure-Colombia border geodesic line, where Due to the geographical conformation, flat terrain prevails that can be used due to its firmness and support as clandestine runways by the TANCOL groups.

For this reason and in accordance with the national security and defense plans and motivated by said ALERT, according to the information collected, the position of the trace was detected at the coordinates 06°16’49”N / 069°18’35” W Pedro Camejo municipality in Apure state and in view of this situation, an aerial intersection with the FANB combat means was ordered in response to the threat of intrusion into national territory generated, achieving the sighting of an unauthorized twin-turbine aircraft at coordinates 06 °19’26”N / 069°13’07”W (AP-34), in the Pedro Camejo municipality in Apure state.

Said aircraft was declared “HOSTILE” in accordance with the provisions of article “3” numeral “1” of the Control Law for the Integral Defense of the Airspace of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela, for lacking a flight plan, not having been authorized by the dependencies of the air traffic services to operate in that area and it is presumed that it was being used by groups that generate violence for the cross-border crime of drug trafficking, transfer of irregular elements and weapons.

neutralized aircraft

In another twitter of the Commander, he reported that during the year 2023, 34 aircraft have been disabled due to violation of Venezuelan airspace, adding a total average of 357 since 2012. “Venezuela will not be a platform for drug trafficking, the forces and means of the #FANB They are always alert and ready to guarantee the integrity of the national geographic space through military defense”.

In another trill, the high military official reiterated that the FANB is deployed in security and defense missions in the Apureño border axis. “#FANB In the exercise of national sovereignty, it is deployed in security and defense missions in the Apureño border axis. Independence or nothing! ”, He referred.



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