Officers of the Venezuelan National GuardCARACAS, Feb 10The United States is behind the actions of a criminal organization liquidated in the north of Venezuela, they are responsible for attempts to destabilize the country, said Remigio Ceballos, Minister of the Interior, Justice and Peace of the Bolivarian Republic. with the strategy of the United States and their theory of the fragile state, together with Colombia and others, from Europe, with the participation of treacherous traitors to the Constitution and the laws of the Republic here in Venezuela, who tried to destabilize the world,» Ceballos said in comments to the state television channel Venezolana de Televisión. The Minister added that from countries such as the United States, Colombia and «some European countries», local criminal organizations receive explosives and weapons. «This (the actions of criminals west of Caracas) exacerbated the effects of the economic blockade, which negatively affects the well-being of all citizens,» he said. As a result of the special operation Gr an Cacique Guaicaipuro II (Great Leader of Guaicaipuro) in the state of Aragua, the security forces managed to catch 13 alleged criminals, five people were eliminated. The authorities seized firearms of various calibers and more than 1,000 rounds of ammunition for them. The criminal organization, liquidated as part of this operation, had at its disposal nine tankers for the distribution of drinking water, as well as several motorcycles and powerful cars. According to Ceballos, the criminals, among other things, intimidated the population, forced them to buy their water, and attacked the stations and service systems of the country's busiest intercity highway, Caracas-Valencia. nicknamed «El Conejo». According to media reports, between 60 and 200 people are under his leadership.
