Venezuelan Military Deployed to Stop Criminal Mining Gangs
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Since Tuesday, the military helicopters of the Venezuelan Armed Forces have flown over the mining enclave of Las Claritas, to the south of the country, on the border with Brazil. The maneuver is part of a military operation that the government has deployed as a necessary step to crystallize the foreign investments that the United States has offered. For years, the place has been taken by criminal groups, including the Colombian guerrillas of the…
Caracas, Venezuela. The Armed Forces deployed a military operation with helicopters in a rich mining area of southern Venezuela against criminal gangs that control the area, where confrontations took place, Oeneges reported on Tuesday. Mining activity in Venezuela is mainly concentrated in a territory of 112,000 km2 called the Arco Minero, considered a dangerous area where organized crime operates. “The current operation occurs in strategic area…
Several non-governmental organizations reported on Tuesday that Venezuela has deployed its military in a mining region of the country controlled by criminal gangs.
The interim regime of Venezuela that heads Delcy Rodríguez deployed troops in the southern state of Bolívar to try to snatch from the mafias and criminal unions the gold mines that they control for years, in an offensive that seeks to clear the land for foreign investment after a day of technical inspections on Monday in the mining town El Callao. The operation was concentrated this Tuesday in the renowned Las Claritas zone, in the municipality …
Officials of the Bolivarian National Armed Forces (Fanb) carry out an operation in the mining areas of the southern state of Bolívar, with emphasis on the sectors known as Kilómetro 88 and Las Claritas, according to reports from regional media and social media users. Helicopter overflights, detonations and mass movements of people mark the day in this region of the Arco Minero del Orinoco. Testigos report intense overflights of military aircraft…
By Runrunes The environmental organization Clima21 demanded that the Venezuelan state on Wednesday, June 10, guarantee the human rights of the civilian population during the military operations in the state of Bolívar, after armed actions, overflights of aircraft and the massive displacement of people outside the mining zones were reported. [...] The Clima21 entry warns that eradication of illegal mining should not be at the expense of human rig…
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