Maduro’s regime acquired missiles from Iran and reportedly spied on Duque

Venezuela would arm itself strongly from Iran after last June 21 a Boeing 747-200F cargo plane landed on the military base of El Libertador (Bael), located in Palo Negro – Maracay and coming from the Asian country.

According to Semana magazine, which unveiled this exclusive, the plane is owned by Iranian airline Fars Air Qeshm and controlled by Mahan Air. This is in addition to the irregular movement, across the Atlantic Ocean, of two Iranian navy ships heading for Venezuela. On the June plane they apparently arrived 1,500 missiles, 400 bombs, 500 rockets, 30 containers and 35 radars and that would be part of Operation Bolivian Shield 2021.

This ship had already been sanctioned in 2019 by the United States for having been designated as carrying “lethal material” to Syria to support the president of that country.

Specifically, these are AGM-84, AGM-65G anti-ship missiles, AIM-7 air-to-air missiles, AIM-9X Sidewinder Sparrow, AESA APG-83 SABR radar system, UPK-23- containers 250, UB-32 launcher with S-5 rockets, 500 kg ZAB bombs, 500 kg RBK bomb, 7.62 mm AK-103 light assault rifles and 51.62 Masaf rifles mm caliber, Week claims.

The document where these weapons are listed was drafted by Major General Gerson Enrique Labrador, director general of the office of the Venezuelan Ministry of Defense and handed over to the commander of the nation’s comprehensive aerospace defense by the same head of the security portfolio, Vladimir Padrino López.

In this document, it is requested that The weapons must be brought to the various arms stores of the Bolivarian Armed Forces and to the commandos. For September, Venezuelan air force commander Pedro Alberto Juliac said he had already reviewed the weapons and was awaiting orders to assemble and maneuver them.

Besides, Semana has in its possession a document in which, by order of Maduro, some people were sent to the border with Colombia for intelligence work last week, while Iván Duque was in Villa del Rosario. commemorating the bicentenary of the signing of the Constitution of Gran Colombia in 1821. From there, “any news must be reported as soon as possible to the responsible entity”.

Some drones were also sent to the state of Táchira, to the border with Villa del Rosario and to Cúcuta (Norte de Santander).

The magazine confirmed, on the other hand, that professionals trained in the handling of weapons and intelligence from Iran have also arrived in Venezuela and at the same time sent to this country members of the Venezuelan armed forces seeking to train them. with courses in defense and strategy. The media also confirmed with another document that Maduro was ready last month to review weapons.

All the texts end with “Chávez lives, the homeland continues. Independence or nothing … We will live and win! “

Semana explains that in the regime’s armament there are 500 kg of Zab bombs, 500 RBK and up to 500 Ub-32 launchers, all originating or manufactured in Russia, and 300 AIM-7 Sparrow missiles, 250 anti-ship missiles. , 100 AGM-84 anti-ship missiles. , among others, of American manufacture.

Maduro had previously warned of the possibility of acquiring Iranian materiel when he said a few months ago that they were considering the supply of arms from that country to “strengthen the defense of Venezuela”. This is after the Trump administration said it was not going to allow long-range missiles from Iran to reach Venezuela and if they landed in that territory they would eliminate them.

For now, the goal of acquiring this weapon is unknown, but Colombia, the United States and the rest of the region are already prepared.

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