It would have been the operation against Jesús Santrich in Venezuela

On Tuesday, the death of Seuxis Pausias Hernández Solarte, alias Jesús Santrich, the guerrilla deserter of the Peace Agreement and one of the leaders of the “ Second Marquetalia ”, a dissidence of the Farc-Ep, was reported to the Venezuela. The events took place around 6 p.m. on a bank holiday in Colombia in the Machiques mountain range in Venezuelan territory, on the border with Colombia and the Perijá mountain range, El Tiempo reported.

In a statement revealed by a clandestine website which was later taken down, Santrich’s colleagues assured that a command of the Colombian armed forces was responsible for the removal of the fugitive from justice; However, the Minister of Defense, Diego Molano, assured that it was not an operation of the Colombian government, but that those responsible would be members of another illegal armed group which would have had differences with the “Second Marquetalia”.

Among the versions that have emerged in recent hours, the portal of the newspaper El Tiempo details that Santrich was accosted by men with long guns, although he was surrounded by a security ring of at least 12 men.

Those responsible, these versions argue, are believed to be members of the dissidence of Gentil Duarte, the main enemy of the Iván Márquez and Santrich group and who are also on Venezuelan territory. For its part, Blu Radio said that with Santrich, 10 other guerrillas fell in a clash that lasted about two hours.

The murdered guerrilla leader would have arrived recently in this sector of Venezuelan territory, according to El Tiempo, from Caracas, where, according to the versions, he was guarded by “ La Piedrita ”, a Chavist group born in 1985 and to which they receive numerous homicides, being on the list of the most violent in Venezuela. El Tiempo revealed that in this town, the Santrich camp was only 4 kilometers from a military base and that this would have made it easier for helicopters to pass through the area. where the guerrillas were killed on Monday, it would therefore be impossible for them to bombard the camp from the sky without the military base noticing.

Another hypothesis is that the alias Romaña has also been attacked, going directly against the heads of dissent. This presence of armed groups, reports El Tiempo, could disturb several members of the Venezuelan army because of the problems it causes in terms of clashes.

However, contrary to this information, the statement sent by the dissidents of the Santrich group, they argue that the person responsible to the government of Iván Duque.

“The truck the commander was traveling in was attacked by rifle fire and grenade explosions. After the crime, the murderers cut off her little finger on her left hand. A few minutes later, near the scene, the commandos were quickly extracted in a yellow helicopter towards Colombia, ”they said.

They also noted that Santrich “died free” and that his death will not “save the arrogant tyrant Iván Duque from unleashed popular anger”. For his part, the Minister of the Interior, Daniel Palacios, reiterated that they are not responsible for the death of the dissident and that they have no interference in what is happening in Venezuela.

“We are not surprised that this could have happened, as these criminals at some point always end up paying for this foul play and usually pay for it with their lives,” he said in CM & amp ;.

Another version that is being handled is that the attack on Santrich was carried out by a group of mercenaries interested in collecting the reward they gave to the United States of $ 5 million and to Colombia for $ 3 billion, of which contact details could be provided by Gentil. Duarte and what, A close friend of the Maduro regime even provided the location of the guerrillas in order to obtain the release of the soldiers kidnapped by the dissidents of Gentil Duarte, who have in their possession 8 members of the Venezuelan army.

Javier Tarazona, director of the NGO Fundaredes, which has worked for 15 years in Venezuela, assured that “several reliable sources” had confirmed the fall of Santrich and that in recent months the leader of the dissidents has consolidated the armed bloc Martín Caballero, which had taken control of the area in a so-called non-aggression agreement with the ELN.

The director, who posted a video on Twitter explaining the situation, added that “The only ones who knew exactly the safe place of the Farc and Eln leaders’ presence in Venezuela are those who now hold power. There was undoubtedly an accommodation, there is 10 million dollars that the United States offered as well as the 3 billion pesos that the Colombian government offered for the terrorist ”.

One of the things that is taken for granted is that the Venezuelan regime is harboring FARC dissidents. It is even said that the last video recorded by Iván Márquez was made in the neighboring country. In addition, clashes between criminal groups in this area are believed to have been the cause of the displacement of more than 5,000 Venezuelans who sought refuge in Arauquita in Colombia a few months ago.. For now, the government of Nicolás Maduro has not commented on the events that have taken place in his country, although there are reports that he is also hosting Eln in Venezuela, reports Semana.

According to the report of the UN International Narcotics Control Board, since 2019, the number of runways and flights leaving with cocaine has increased. That year, 23 light aircraft were seized and 36 clandestine runways destroyed, many in Zulia state, where Santrich was killed.

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