Mysterious death of Venezuelan spy sent by Nicolás Maduro dictatorship to Colombia to persecute opponent

Since Colombia and Venezuela severed diplomatic relations, the dictatorship of Nicolas maduro He sent dozens of Venezuelan spies to the neighboring country to infiltrate intelligence services, as well as to follow in the footsteps of exiled opposition politicians. One of them was Alejandro Olivares, 35, who appeared in recent days mysteriously dead in Venezuela, according to the Colombian newspaper. The weather.

According to what is indicated by this means, Olivares, originally from the Council of Ciruma, Municipality of Miranda in the State of Zulia, was killed this month in a clash with officers from the Scientific, Criminal and Criminal Investigations Corps (CICPC) in the municipality of Cristóbal Rojas, 30 kilometers south of Caracas.

The Venezuelan spy was traveling with four other people when they were intercepted by men in uniform, which caused a shootout between the vehicles.

After the hunt, Olivares crashed into a mountain, along the regional road to the Center. According to local media, he lost control of the vehicle after receiving several bullet holes.

CICPC officers found a pistol in the car Glock and ammunition 9 millimeters.

So far, the reason for the armed confrontation is unknown. The weather indicated that the case remained in reserve for five days.

In March of last year Olivares, along with two other people, was expelled from Colombia for leading a network of Venezuelan spies. Colombian authorities have found evidence that Venezuelans belonged to the Special Action Forces (FAES), one of the armed forces of dictator Maduro.

The FAES was created by Maduro in 2016 and is accused of carrying out activities of repression and persecution against the opposition both in Venezuela and abroad. Besides, He is accused by human rights organizations of having committed acts of torture and extrajudicial killings.

Last year, the Colombian Migration Operational Articulation Group (GAO) verified complaints received in January regarding the presence of a cell tasked with planning and executing attacks against members of the Venezuelan opposition who are in the region. country.

After three months of verification and intelligence work, they were located in the municipality of Madrid, Cundinamarca, in the center of the country, where a spy network led and funded by Venezuela operated.

The weather reported at the time that, among other tasks, Chavist spies in Colombia followed Venezuelan MP Hernán Alemán, who opposed the regime, to shopping malls and public places.

Alemán was linked to the planning of Operation Gideon, an insurrectionary movement against Maduro that will be executed by the Venezuelan rebel army. However, the operation ended in failure in May of last year.

The opposition denounced that it was in fact a staging orchestrated by the Chavist dictatorship.

Colombian and Venezuelan media reported that Olivares was chosen for this mission because he was from the same region as Alemán, with whom he would have been in contact on the grounds that he had information that interested him. However, the former opposition MP, who died of coronavirus last year, felt suspicious and cut off communication with the Chavista spy.

Olivares also counted among its targets collaborators Aleman and Venezuelan soldiers who are in Bogotá.

On entering Colombia, the head of the criminal cell tried to evade controls by presenting proof of the processing of a Colombian identity card that he acquired illegally. However, among his personal items The FAES card that identified him as the Deputy Chief of Battalion Commander Falcón has been found.

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