A total of 16 subjects were captured in Maturín (Monagas) for allegedly being involved in theft of strategic material belonging to PDVSA, according to military sources.
The operation was carried out by agents of the Bolivarian National Guard (GNB) in the El Pluvial sector of the Monaguense capital. There, the military seized 12,000 kilos of ferrous-type strategic material (pipes of different diameters) that were already deposited in two Mack CV17 trucks, according to the report.
The aforementioned material was in the aforementioned place by order of the 3rd Prosecutor of the Public Ministry of the state of Monagas, under file No. CZEGNB81-D812-1RA.CIA-012-2022. The officials were waiting for the authorization of the Prosecutor’s Office to carry out the transfer of the strategic material to the warehouses or storage yards of PDVSA.
Those arrested for this act are: Yeison José Maita, Carlos Eduardo Moreno, Francisco José Maurera, Leonardo Solórzano, Víctor Figuera, José Gregorio Díaz, Luis Enrique Guerra, Luis Eduardo Lares, Edison Figueroa, Kelvin Villarroel, Luis José Marcano, José Bucarito, Leonardo Navas, Randys Castillo and José Antonio González, who will be prosecuted for theft of strategic material.