The portal published a material titled “Other opposition plans in Venezuela revealed” based on “reliable sources”, according to which Colombian paramilitaries and groups of deserters from the Venezuelan armed forces plan to infiltrate the territory of the Bolivarian Republic along the border with Colombia; it also denounced the increase in the presence of said elements on the common border, especially in the state of Táchira, southwest of the country, where they await orders to infiltrate Venezuela.
The portal warned of the presence of paramilitary groups “in La Guajira, in the states of Carabobo, Trujillo, Mérida, Bolívar, in Barlovento-Miranda, in San Juan de las Galdonas in the state of Sucre, and on the border of the state of Apure with Colombia”, and reported on the existence of disaffected soldiers and radical groups linked to disqualified opposition member María Corina Machado and her Vente Venezuela party, who are planning a “military uprising” in Barinas using the symbolism of the state in their favor.
The source indicated that “they possess assault rifles and military uniforms” and 60 of them “come from the militia and were stolen from the comprehensive defense area 221 (ADI-221) in the town of El Vigía, Mérida state (southwest of the country).” According to the note, the purpose of using uniforms is to “affect the combative morale of the militiamen, a body that they identify as committed” to the Bolivarian Revolution.
The report indicated that on July 28th, in the Colombian town known as Taganga, uniforms and tactical equipment were delivered to begin infiltration actions. It revealed that paramilitary groups formed by deserters from the Venezuelan armed forces and Colombian paramilitaries are forging plans of assassination against the presidential family of Venezuela.
Among the groups’ targets are also the president of the National Assembly Jorge Rodríguez; the executive vice president Delcy Rodríguez; the governor of the state of Táchira, Freddy Bernal; the president of the National Electoral Council Elvis Amoroso; the attorney general Tarek William Saab; and the colonel of the General Directorate of Military Counterintelligence Alexander Granko Arteaga.
The website indicated that Operation Freedom was formulated by the opposition leader Machado who proposed a plan to “steal two fighter planes from the Bolivarian Military Aviation,” which would be used to carry out attacks on Venezuelan State institutions.
President Nicolás Maduro declared yesterday before the press that Venezuela is facing the “most criminal and dirty conspiracy ever seen” and blamed for this the president of Argentina, Javier Milei, and El Salvador, Nayib Bukele; the Spanish party Vox; the tycoon Elon Musk; and “Colombia’s murderous drug traffickers Álvaro Uribe and Iván Duque”, who are “coming for the crown jewel”, which is Venezuela, and are behind this operation.
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