Godfather announced military reinforcement in the Venezuelan Guajira, the Paraguaná Peninsula (Falcón State), the Nueva Esparta, Sucre and Delta Amacuro states
The Vice President and Minister for Defense, G/J Vladimir Padrino López, reported a new reinforcement to operational deployments in the Zulia, Falcón, Nueva Esparta, Sucre and Delta Amacuro states, the coasts and river spaces.
For this reason, this Sunday held a meeting with the members of the FANB superior staff, fulfilling instructions from the commander in chief and constitutional president Nicolás Maduro, actions that will begin from this Sunday at 6:00 p.m.
Through a video posted on their social networks, the Minister for Defense, explained that there are currently 25,000 troops deployed in the so -called Peace Zone number one, which covers the states of Táchira and Zulia, with support of naval media, river, drones and infantry equipment.
He also announced that the military presence in the Venezuelan Guajira and the Paraguaná Peninsula (Falcón State), regions indicated as historical routes used by drug trafficking will be reinforced. In addition, it ordered an increase in surveillance in Nueva Esparta, Sucre and Delta Amacuro states, extending operations to the Caribbean and the Atlantic.
“No one is going to do the job for us. No one is going to step on this land to do what we are responsible for doing to us,” he said.
He stressed that patrol operations are maintained in the Sierra de Perijá to verify the absence of illicit crops, in addition to river routes in rivers such as the goal, Capanaparo, Cunaviche and Sinaruco and recalled that these routes have been the scene of operations linked to drug trafficking.
