A Venezuelan army helicopter fell with seven crew members – ElSol.com.ar – Diario de Mendoza, Argentina

A Venezuelan army helicopter with seven crew members aboard landed in a wooded area of ​​the municipality of El Hatillo in Caracas, said the municipality Elias Sayegh, without specifying the # 39; occupants state.

"An army helicopter fell in the green area of ​​Oripoto, especially El Volcán, with seven people on board, our El Hatillo civil protection team supporting the search efforts," wrote the mayor in his Twitter social network account, without providing more information. .

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

In early 2017, another military gear crashed, with thirteen crew members, in the state of Amazonas (southern Venezuela). Then the rescue operations lasted more than four months and resulted in the discovery of the place of the wreckage, without survivors.

The Venezuelan armed forces, faithful to Maduro, are at the heart of the political crisis that is going through the country and receives the constant calls of the head of the Parliament, the opposition Juan Guaidó, to turn his back on Maduro.

On that day, the opposition organized rallies in the main barracks of the country to ask the army to "fall under the Constitution" and support the request of Guaidó, who proclaimed last January an interim government.

Last Tuesday, Guaidó, recognized president of Venezuela by more than fifty countries, led a failed military uprising with about 20 leaders of the army and opposition, Leopoldo López, but the movement was controlled by uniformed officers loyal to Maduro.