The leader pointed out that this is the largest migratory wave recorded in a decade / Photo: El Carabobeño
The Venezuelan leader in exile, David Smolansky, assured that more than 108 thousand Venezuelans have left the country after the July 28 elections due to “Operation Tun-Tun”, a police operation in which the arrest of opponents.
In the middle of his statements during the forum “Enhancing international coordination on Venezuelan migrant integration”, organized by the Atlantic Council, the leader pointed out that this has been the largest migratory wave recorded since it began a decade ago.
More than 100 thousand Venezuelans have fled the country
«According to official figures, at least 108 thousand have fled the country since July 28. We are talking about children, adolescents, women and people who were strongly persecuted for working in the political campaign of the July elections,” said the former mayor of the El Hatillo municipality (2014-2017), Miranda state.
«Let us remember that the regime began the Tun-Tun operation after July 28, where members of the Dgcim (General Directorate of Military Counterintelligence), the Sebin (Bolivarian National Intelligence Service), the Bolivarian National Guard (GNB), went to our houses and knocked on doors to illegally detain people,” explained the politician.
However, he said he was convinced that when a political transition occurs “people will stop fleeing and we will probably see the largest return of migrants in history.”
He stated that, according to surveys, many Venezuelans are convinced of returning “once a political change occurs.”
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