2023-09-21 11:37:12
9/21/2023 6:37 AM – UPDATED 9/21/2023 6:37 AM
This Wednesday, Venezuelan soldiers captured two men who had escaped from the Tocorón prison, located in the state of Aragua (north), which was intervened this morning by some 11,000 security force agents for the purpose, according to the Government, to put an end to the criminal networks that operated there.
The operational strategic commander of the Bolivarian National Armed Forces (FANB), Domingo Hernández Lárez, indicated on .
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Although the commander did not offer more details regarding those arrested, through the social network he shared a photograph of the “fugitives” surrounded by FANB officials.
The discovery, he explained, is part of “the second phase” of the government intervention plan, which contemplates the “search, persecution and capture” of “fugitive criminals” related to the illicit activities of Tocorón, where the transnational criminal organization was formed. “Tren de Aragua”, extended through Chile, Peru, Bolivia and Colombia.
The objective “is to dismantle and put an end to the organized criminal gangs that operated from the penitentiary center,” he reiterated.
Hours earlier, the Government indicated in a statement that it assigned “all security forces” to capture “each and every one” of the fugitives, although it did not specify the number of people it is pursuing or whether they are exclusively fugitives. in the middle of the intervention at the checkpoint.
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The Minister of the Interior and Justice, Remigio Ceballos, said that with this intervention a “massive escape” was prevented, since the agents detected “some tunnels” inside the prison.
Agents from the security forces attached to the ministries of the Interior and Justice and the Penitentiary Service, as well as the Bolivarian National Armed Forces (FANB) and the Public Ministry (MP, Attorney General’s Office) participate in the intervention.
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