A military helicopter crashed in Caracas: the seven people on board died

A Venezuelan army helicopter with 7 crew members aboard landed in a wooded area of ​​the El Hatillo municipality in Caracas, said Elias Sayegh, the authority municipal.

"An army helicopter fell this morning in a green area in Oripoto, specifically in El Volcán, with 7 people on board, our El Hatillo civil protection team supporting the search efforts"Sayegh said on his Twitter account, without transmitting more information.

For its part, the Venezuelan newspaper The Nationalciting journalist Román Camacho, reported that the 7 crew members were killed by the collision.

The Venezuelan armed forces have still not reacted to the incident, while the commander-in-chief of the army, Jesus Suárez Chourio, and the defense minister, Vladimir Padrino, appeared this morning with the leader Nicolás Maduro in a military training center of the state. from Cojedes (north-west).

According to witnesses interviewed by local media, explosions were heard when the helicopter landed and a cloud of smoke formed in the alleged location of the helicopter. accident.

In early 2017, another military gear crashed, with 13 crew members and in the state of Amazonas, in the south of the country. Then, the relief lasted more than four months and resulted in the discovery of the site of the disaster without survivors.

The Venezuelan armed forces, loyal to Maduro, are at the heart of the political crisis that is going through the country, receiving constant calls from the head of parliament, the opposition Juan Guaidó, to turn their backs on the leader.

That same day, the opposition organized rallies in the main barracks of the country to demand that the army "adhere to the Constitution" and support the claim of Guaidó, who proclaimed last January an interim government that is not yet in place. power.