More than 6,000 security officials were deployed to prevent violent plans in Greater Caracas

Published at: 17/08/2024 11:40 AM

Since the early morning of this Saturday, the Bolivarian National Guard (GNB), in coordination with other security forces, has been deploying to various sectors of Caracas with a view to neutralizing plans of violence incubated by opposition groups, according to reports.

According to preliminary reports, the deployment is carried out by approximately 6,000 officials, including military and Cicpc agents, the National Anti-Extortion and Kidnapping Command (Conas), the Bolivarian National Police, Polimiranda, Policaracas and Polisucre, among others.

Petare

Petare is one of the sectors of Greater Caracas that woke up being taken over by police and military agents. In that parish in the municipality of Sucre (Miranda), the band founded by Wilexis Acevedo Monasterio ( Wilexis) operates, whose members staged acts of violence on Monday, July 29, after María Corina Machado ignored the results of the presidential elections.

The early morning also includes the parish of El Valle, where the Bataneros gang of the 70s burned rubbers, blocked the Intercommunal road, destroyed vehicles, murdered two people and tried to rob a women's prison, located in the vicinity of Plaza Bolívar, according to witnesses.

The police and military commissions also focus on El Guarataro, from where hooded motorized vehicles belonging to the gangs of Los Boxeadores and El Jefrito, allegedly responsible for the murders of Edgar Alexander Aristigueta Orta (42) and Jeison Gabriel España Guillen (18), an event that occurred on the night of Monday, July 29 in Capuchos, during the riots in that area.

Other sectors where officials have been deployed since midnight on Friday: Catia, La Silsa, Moran-San Martín, La Yaguara, Antimano, Carapita, Caricuao-ud-5-ud-7, La Redoma de La India, Lomgaray-Calle 14, Coche-Rinconada, Kms. Or La Panamericana- Pond-Calle Zea; La Pastora-Puerta Caracas, Mercado de Las Flores-Cotiza.

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