Maduro adjusts plan to free himself from Colombian “terrorist groups”, what will he do?

The Venezuelan leader said that he would increase the intelligence capacity to detect Colombian groups that commit crimes in the area.

The president of Venezuela, Nicolás Maduro, assured this Thursday that he ordered the 560 military chiefs of the tactical units of the Bolivarian National Armed Forces (FANB) to adjust plans to liberate the country from “terrorist, armed, drug trafficking groups from Colombia”.

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"I have ratified the order so that all the Zones of Integral Defense, all the Regions of Integral Defense and all the units, the 560 units present here we adjust the plans to guarantee to liberate all the territory of Venezuela from these groups of armed terrorists, drug traffickers of Colombia, ”Maduro said during a meeting with the military leaders of the FANB.

On September 30, the president denounced, without showing evidence, that these groups are infiltrating Venezuelan territory to threaten "the peace and security" of the Caribbean country.

“Those 'tancol' groups (an acronym invented to refer to those groups) have been infiltrating Venezuelan territory, that is why I alert the entire military force of Venezuela, the military leaders, the entire intelligence of the country to declare war on the 'tancol', go for them and get them out of the country, "said the president on that occasion.

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The president added that they will "raise the quality and capacity of intelligence and counterintelligence" to detect these groups that, he assured, are "trained by the Colombian government of Iván Duque."

“They enter with the objective of attacking the electricity system, hitman groups with ex-police and ex-military from Venezuela, from Colombia, with paracos (Colombian paramilitaries) who train in Colombia with specific goals of going to attack the electricity system, to attack strategic objectives in Venezuela, to try to disturb the electoral climate, the electoral panorama of the country ”, he explained.

In addition, he reported that for the second half of October the Bolivarian exercises called "Bolivarian Shield" will be activated, with which "the deployment of weapons systems" and the creation of the "communal defensive system" will be tested.

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“I have given the order to prepare all the theoretical, doctrinal and organizational bases for the creation, within the framework of the territorial defensive system, to create the communal defensive system, where the Bolivarian National Militia has all its functions, all its duties, all its weapons. ready for the defense of the country ”, he highlighted.

On the other hand, the president called on the citizens to vote "without distinction" in the regional and local elections on November 21.

"I take this opportunity to ratify my call to all the people of Venezuela, without distinction, without discrimination, to all citizens of our country to prepare to participate in the mega-elections process on Sunday, November 21," he reiterated.

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