Venezuela seizes combat boats with emblems of the Colombian army | Nicolás Maduro | Orinoco River | Venezuela

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National Guard of #Venezuela, in patrol operation, they found adrift in the Orinoco river between the Bolívar and Apure States, three (3) military boats of the Navy of #Colombia Boston Wheeler model, armed with six (6) machine guns and ammunition. pic.twitter.com/oBPHa6VSkK

– Javier Alexander Roa (@RoaJavier) May 9, 2020

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The seizures occur almost a week after the Government of Nicolás Maduro He said that he frustrated two maritime incursions in the coastal states of La Guaira and Aragua, for which he accused the opposition and the governments of Colombia and the United States.

Own Mature He has denounced that the attacks were prepared in three camps located in Colombia, a country that does not recognize the legitimacy of the Chavista leader as president and has repeatedly asked him to leave power.

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As evidence of these accusations, the Venezuelan government released videos of the interrogations to two US citizens who participated in the operations, and who claimed to have organized the attacks from camps in Colombia.

Colombia and the United States have already denied taking part in the raids, which left 8 dead and 31 detained, according to the latest report by the Venezuelan Prosecutor’s Office.

The same as the head of the Parliament and whom fifty hundred countries recognize as President of Venezuela, Juan Guaidó, which the Maduro Government also points to for the attacks.

The Venezuelan Armed Force did not link the boats seized with the maritime attacks, but stated in its statement that it will continue with “patrol and search work throughout the national territory, as part of the ‘Bolivarian Shield’ operation, in order to guarantee the freedom, sovereignty and independence of the Nation ”.

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