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After the assault on a military unit perpetrated last Sunday at dawn in Bolivar state, the Venezuelan Army began a persecution to find the whereabouts of the rebel uniforms who managed to escape.
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The lieutenant José Rodríguez Araya He was one of the leaders of the uprising in the Gran Sabana municipality. In the last hours he spread an audio on social networks in which he denounced that the Army violated the Brazilian territory.
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“Last night for the Mato Grosso population in Brazil, we were the partners of the Wey pa’ka operation. We were being persecuted by the Venezuelan Army, which ventured into Brazilian territory with long weapons, night visors. ”, the military rebel reported.
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Rodríguez Araya explained that the members of the Army remained on Brazilian soil for almost four hours, between 11.30pm until 3am. “We were being besieged with sniper weapons,” he denounced.
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After Sunday’s assault, dictator Nicolás Maduro accused Colombia, Peru and Brazil of being behind what happened. On Monday, the Chavista president said that some of those responsible for the assault are hiding in Peru and Brazil. In that line, He asked both governments to arrest and deport the assailants.
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Maduro stressed that some are in Brazil, so he urged President Jair Bolsonaro to capture those involved, deport them, and return stolen weapons.
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These countries, however, They rejected the accusations of the Chavista regime and denied any link with the attack on the military unit of the Bolivar state.
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In the assault on the border facility, 120 rifles and six RPG grenade launchers of Russian manufacture were stolen. Maduro reported that they recovered five RPGs and 111 rifles, and noted that the assailants still have a grenade launcher and nine rifles.
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So far the authorities said that 11 individuals were captured, including a defending sergeant of the National Guard. Some local media have reported that about 12 men participated in the assault, including a deserter officer and several reservists of the Pemón ethnic group living in that area.
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“They stole 120 high-powered rifles and 9 RPG rocket launchers to shoot down a Colombian plane, and then say that rocket launchers of the Venezuelan Armed Forces had been used, that was the false positive that served as a cause of war so that the United States could intervene militarily against Venezuela, ”said the Chavista Communication Minister, Jorge Rodriguez
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The Chavista official also blamed the governments of Colombia, Peru and Brazil: “These criminals were trained in paramilitary camps fully identified in Colombia, and received the artisan collaboration of the Government of Jair Bolsonaro.” He also indicated that the attackers received “logistics” in Peru.
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