The explosions in the early hours of January 3 left at least 90 soldiers injured in Venezuela, according to NGOs in the health sector. Until now, authorities have not provided official figures, and several deaths have not yet been accounted for.
After the bombings recorded in the early hours of this January 3 by United States military forces in at least four states of Venezuela, No official figure for injuries or deaths has been given.. At 4:30 pm this Saturday, almost 14 hours after the first detonation, the Venezuelan authorities were still not providing information.
In the midst of this void, data from the Network of Doctors in Venezuela indicate an approximate number of 90 military injuries: 60 in the Dr. Carlos Arvelo Military Hospital and 30 more in the Hospitalito de Fuerte Tiuna. The association also warns that several deaths have not yet been accounted for.
In some messaging chats, a note of condolence circulated for the death of Lenin Osorio Ramírez, son of Soraida Ramírez, the president of the Autonomous Institute National Council of Human Rights of Children and Adolescents (Idenna). In the obituary, which Idenna Táchira posted on her Instagram stories, it was noted that she died “a victim of the US criminal attack that we were subjected to early today.”
The Doctors Network specifies that in other hospitals, such as Magallanes de Catia, Domingo Luciani, Vargas, Rescarven La Carlota, Victorino Santaella and the University Hospital of Caracas, no injuries or deaths were recorded.
A visit from SuchWhich to the University Hospital of Caracas confirmed the secrecy: the surveillance personnel indicated that orders had been given not to offer information about the possibility that there were interns related to the attacks. All entrances were closed and no new patients were admitted. Despite this, three doctors from the facility assured this medium that there were no cases associated with the bombings this Saturday.
Outside of military hospitals, records of civilian casualties were limited. So far, only one injury had been reported at the Pérez de León Hospital, a non-military center. The NGO Médicos Unidos por Venezuela offered a similar panorama: “The information available is that only in the two military hospitals in Caracas there was movement of wounded and deceased, but there is no reliable number; the rest of the hospitals only registered Pérez de León with one wounded person.” Although the details differ slightly, both reports show the absence of official figures outside of data from medical organizations.
*Journalism in Venezuela is carried out in a hostile environment for the press with dozens of legal instruments in place to punish the word, especially the laws “against hate”, “against fascism” and “against the blockade.” This content was written taking into consideration the threats and limits that, consequently, have been imposed on the dissemination of information from within the country.
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