In the last few hours, military personnel detained five members of the criminal organization Tren del Llano from whom they seized 198 cartridges of different calibers, according to military sources.
One of the procedures was carried out at the Citizen Service Point managed by the Bolivarian National Guard in Guayabal, on the Guárico and Apure border.
At the aforementioned checkpoint, the military retained a black Keeway motorcycle, Speed 200 model, license plate AA4Y29S, driven by Obeid Yañez Assad Eduardo, who was transporting 175 cartridges: 100 12-gauge and 75 16-gauge, material that was seized.
Another military procedure was carried out in the Alí Primera sector of the Pedro Zaraza municipality (Guárico), where six wrappers of cripy and 23 7.62×39 mm caliber cartridges destined for rifles were seized.
In this procedure, four individuals allegedly linked to the Tren del Llano were detained: Gustavo Alfonzo Correa Armas, Antony José García Bericoto, Francisco Javier García and Osandy Josefina Padrino Ramírez, according to a report from Detachment 343 of the GNB based in Zaraza.
The detainees were handed over to the Public Prosecutor’s Office where proceedings were opened for illicit drug trafficking and illicit possession of war material, among others.
Last week there were six members of the Tren del Llano captured in Guárico by military agents. Five of these subjects were caught in the La Esperanza sector, José Félix Ribas municipality (Tucupido) through a controlled delivery procedure.
And the other procedure took place in Alto de Ipare, José Tadeo Monagas municipality (Altagracia de Orituco) where they arrested Luis David Padilla Seco (Lobito), who was transporting 37 7.62X51 mm and 7.62X39 mm caliber cartridges for rifles as well as a tactical vest.
Clarification
On January 9, the 4th Antiterrorist Court granted a precautionary measure that released Oswaldo José Cheremos Carrasquel. Such a measure was requested by his private lawyers during the preliminary hearing on January 9. On that occasion, the Public Ministry opposed but did not formalize any appeal to stop the measure that put Cheremos Carrasquel on the streets, a source explained.
With the granting of the precautionary measure, the Court ordered the opening of a free trial against the defendant for concealment in the crime of terrorism, association and illegal trafficking of arms and ammunition. These crimes were committed after it was detected that the subject allegedly provided weapons to the Tren del Llano cell that operates in eastern Guárico, according to investigations.
Cheremos Carrasquel is a member of the Tren del Llano, according to what General Domingo Hernández Lárez, head of the Strategic Operational Command of the Bolivarian National Armed Forces, reported on his Twitter account.
Hernández Lárez attached photos of the six weapons and 182 cartridges seized from Cheremos Carraquel the day he was arrested (October 21, 2022) in a farm whose ownership is attributed to him, located in the Los Recortes sector, San José de Unare parish, Pedro Zaraza municipality, Guárico.
