The real reason for Venezuelan military bases on the border with Colombia

The 17 military bases that Nicolás Maduro's regime ordered to be placed on the Colombian-Venezuelan border to fight against paramilitary groups would have another objective that could strengthen the guerrillas.. Here's how the foundation exhibits Insight Crime, devoted to the study of criminal life in Latin America.

Of these 190 kilometers, these bases were placed, under the command of the general José Leonardo Noroño, dedicated exclusively to the surveillance of the border and sanctioned by the United States, having enough equipment to react to any action, as had warned the protector of the State of Táchira and the former policeman Freddy Bernal.

According to the member of the Chavista regime, which is also sanctioned by the American justice system, the installation of these bases is a response to the badaults of the government of Iván Duque, whom they call "narco-government", with the support of paramilitary structures "in order to destabilize" the dictatorship of Maduro as indicated Insight Crime.

Venezuelan officials have even spoken of these armed organizations seeking to bring cocaine and marijuana to Venezuela to use their territory as a road.. This, although the authorities verify that the guerrillas acting under the auspices of the government of Maduro engage in these illegal activities, and even that officers of the Bolivarian National Guard.

In support of his argument, the Maduro regime said it had captured paramilitaries who were providing information about a so-called terrorist plan ordered by the Duque government. And on March 23, they announced the capture of Wilfrido Torres Gómez, aka "Necoclí", head of the Colombian criminal gang Los Rastrojos, who also participated in this operation to attack Venezuela.

The foundation says that, rather than fighting irregular groups operating at the border, these military bases respond to a strategy of protection against Colombian military pressure. On the contrary, they denounce the action of these armed organizations and their presence on Venezuelan territory.