Juan Guaidó denounced Nicolás Maduro’s links with narco-terrorist groups such as Hezbollah and FARC: “It threatens peace in the region”

The leader of the opposition of Venezuela, Juan Guaidó, accused this Friday of Nicolas maduro of have links with international narco-terrorist groups, such as Hezbollah or the FARC, an extreme which, he said, “poses a serious threat”For the Latin American region.

“Maduro’s dictatorship poses a serious threat to stability and peace in the region”Said Guaidó during his participation in the Sedona Forum, organized by the McCain Institute.

“Today, Maduro has dangerous military, intelligence, and economic ties with regimes such as Iran, Russia, Cuba, and China. These links also extend to international narco-terrorist groups such as the THEN and the FARC dissent, (and) also with Hezbollah“, He added.

According to the opponent, Maduro, who has governed since 2013, allows “this whole transnational organized crime society“Take action in Venezuela to help you exploit the appeal Orinoco mining arc, a vast region rich in resources such as gold, copper, diamonds, coltan or bauxite.

In this sense, Guaidó assured that in this area “the gold of blood is exploited, crimes such as human trafficking are committed, indigenous peoples are massacred, human rights are violated and the efforts of United States and the international community to deal with the change are sabotaged. weather”.

Therefore, he asked the government of the President of the United States, Joe biden, to be continued in “the pursuit of justice to hold accountable those who looted“Venezuela” and have committed serious human rights violations», In an allusion to the officials of the administration Nicolás Maduro.

In addition, he insisted that the Bolivarian National Police Special Action Force (FAES-PNB) What “an extermination group that seeks to decimate the population“, And that they should not have” any type of support that contributes to their actions “.

The United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, Chilean Michelle bachelet, recommended to the Venezuelan diet dissolve this police group, on which there are various accusations of human rights violations by activists and opposition leaders.

But Maduro ignored the recommendations and publicly declared his support for the police group.

Guaidó demanded honors for soldiers who died in border fighting

The acting president asked this Thursday honors for the Venezuelan army who died last week in action with a group of FARC dissidents, in a border region with Colombia, where there were a certain number of victims that the regime did not define, and that the anti-Chavista numbered at 9.

Guaidó criticized in a virtual press conference that neither the executive nor the armed forces have detailed so far the number of deaths in the fighting, which kicked off on March 21 in Apure State, and blamed Nicolás Maduro and Defense Minister Vladimir Padrino, facts.

The opponent identified the deceased as Frigate Lieutenant Naywil José Torres Moreno, Second Army Sergeant Major Wilmer de Jesús Garvito, Army First Sergeant Major Ronald José Marcano Castillo and Second Army Sergeant- Major of the Army Andy José Miranda.

He also said that the first army sergeant major Santiago de Jesús Reyes, the first navy sergeant Álvaro Rafael Nariño Osto, the second navy sergeant Michael Miguel Merina Sequera and the second navy sergeant Luis David lost their lives. Lida Negrón, and a ninth who, he said, has yet to be identified.

The armed forces confirmed the death of eight soldiers and nine “terrorists” between March 21 and April 5. Later, New fighting broke out in which several deaths were reported, but they did not detail the number.

Until, no official or military source has confirmed the group they are fighting against, despite the fact that the military published photographs showing seized of uniforms bearing the logos and acronyms of the former FARC guerrillas, an identification that coincides with that made by various organizations working in the territory.

(With information from EFE)

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