The boats were emblem of the Navy of the Republic of Colombia (ARC) and were found on the coasts of Bolívar state, Venezuela.
The Bolivarian National Guard seized three combat boats with emblems of the Colombian Navy drop out in Chorro El Mono sector, Orinoco River, Cedeño municipality of the Bolívar State, Venezuelan military authorities reported this Saturday as part of the Bolivarian Shield operation.
According to a statement from the Headquarters of the Bolivarian National Armed Forces (Fanb), the ships correspond to the type “combat boats, Boston Wheeler model, each with two 175 HP Evinrude engines, without crew (…) armed with machine guns caliber 50 mm and M60, and their respective ammunition. ”
The statement expands that “all this material is in FANB’s custody . The Public Ministry and other institutions of Venezuelan State carry out the corresponding investigations. ”
The Venezuelan military were executing the actions foreseen in Operation “Bolivarian Shield”, in service of the El Burro River Surveillance Station.
“The patrol and search work continues throughout the national territory, as part of the Bolivarian Shield operation, in order to guarantee the freedom, sovereignty and independence of the Nation,” concludes the document, which is signed by Venezuela Minister of Defense, General in Chief Vladimir Padrino López.
Last Sunday, Venezuela was subjected to armed aggression through an attempted landing from Colombia.
Since that day, dozens of mercenaries participating in the raid have been detained. The authorities reinforce the measures to neutralize the possible remnants of personnel and means in the depth of the Venezuelan territory.
It is well known the center of operations of the terrorist attacks is in Colombia and more than nine American camps in that territory and all this under their noses and they do nothing.
The Minister of Popular Power for Foreign Afair, Jorge Arreaza, has been denouncing this to the international community to denounce and condemn the President of Colombia, Iván Duque, for his evident and proven connection with drug trafficking, the assassinations of social leaders and the grotesque human rights violations.
Regarding the failed attempt of mercenary invasion of Venezuelan soil, he pointed out that all those captured in the attempts to raid Venezuela, confessed they were trained in Colombia with the consent of that government.
“In Venezuela, this impudence is known as ‘Cara he tabla.’ All those captured in the incursion attempts in our country confess that they trained in Colombia, with the support of Colombia government. Violation of international law and Colombian law, “said the Minister of Foreign Affairs.
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On that, pointed out the sectoral vice president of Communication, Culture and Tourism, Jorge Rodríguez, that the governments of Donald Trump and Iván Duque, presidents of the United States and Colombia, respectively, provided spaces and conditions for the group of mercenaries who ventured last Saturday into Venezuelan territory to fill the country with violence.
He also indicated , in the middle of April Venezuela was already aware that an operation derived from these camps was being prepared, who would move from Colombia to the coasts of the Venezuelan central coast to carry out destabilizing plans to justify a foreign military intervention.
And the Colombian government does nothing about it, rather supports
