The Terrorism Conference talked about Hezbollah and raised the risk in Venezuela – Telam

The Second Hemispheric Ministerial Conference on Counter-Terrorism declared itself "concerned by the activities that Hezbollah networks continue to conduct in some parts of the Western Hemisphere" and warned of the risk of see terrorist groups take refuge in situations of internal conflict, which is cited as an example. to "Venezuela, to reinforce its criminal activities in the region".

In the joint statement issued at the end of the hearings in St. Martin's Palace, the countries that participated in the Conference pledged to "deny terrorists and financiers of these refugees refugee or refugee status". asylum, in accordance with their national legislation, that they travel to and from the areas of operations and prevent their respective territories from being used for the recruitment of terrorists, radicalization and terrorist propaganda. "

According to the statement, "the terrorist organizations ISIS / Daesh and Al-Qaida, as well as their affiliated organizations, pose a threat to collective security, the security of citizens inside and outside their territories. and all persons within their respective jurisdictions. "

And he acknowledged "as a threat to the stability of the region the action of the Colombian National Liberation Army (ELN), who commits acts of unacceptable violence and gets funding from the start illicit "while rejecting" criminal activities of Sendero Luminoso ", from Peru.

The Foreign Ministers also expressed in the document their concern about the "risk of terrorist groups being able to take refuge in situations of institutional weakness, internal conflict or similar, such as Venezuela, to strengthen their criminal activities in the region" .