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Por Gloria Gaitán - Bogotá, mayo 10 de 2004
Si queremos entender el trasfondo de la invasión paramilitar a Venezuela de la semana pasada no debemos olvidar que el Presidente Alvaro Uribe Vélez fue el único presidente suramericano que apoyó incondicionalmente a Bush en su invasión a Irak. Es decir, sus dos lógicas, la de Bush y la de Uribe, empalman, se hermanan, coinciden en la estrategia de INVADIR cuando de intereses político-económicos – fundamentalmente petroleros – se trata. Pero también sus tácticas coinciden en ser taimadas. ¿Quién pensó que la invasión a Venezuela que veníamos denunciando iba a tener una apariencia explícita, con un ejército regular? Jamás hablamos de que el ejército colombiano invadiría a Venezuela. Siempre hablamos de invasión paramilitar, de invasión encubierta, porque eso le permitiría al duo Bush-Uribe, de ser descubiertos “con las manos en la masa”, exclamar “yo no fui” y lavarse las manos pretextando inocencia, igual que como viene sucediendo con las torturas a los prisioneros irakíes.
Hablábamos de una invasión paramilitar con “soldados-campesinos” y así sucedió. Menos mal que los servicios de inteligencia venezolanos, ya advertidos, tomaron las medidas acertadas para develar el plan criminal.
¿Qué Alvaro Uribe desconocía el asunto? ¡Mamola!, como dijo alguna vez Jorge Eliécer Gaitán refiriéndose a la supuesta ignorancia del ex presidente Alfonso López Pumarejo sobre el tráfico de influencias de que era protagonista su hijo, Alfonso López Michelsen, al que por esa razón llamaron “el hijo del Ejecutivo”. Uribe sí sabía de la invasión paramilitar a Venezuela, pues esta hace parte de la segunda etapa del llamado Plan Patriota, faceta bélica antiguerrillera que hace parte integral del Plan Colombia.
La primera fase de este mal llamado Plan Patriota se centró sobre Bogotá y Cundinamarca, además del collar paramilitar conformado por Colanta, para aislar a la guerrilla de las grandes ciudades (Bogotá, Cali, Medellín). La segunda fase pretendía golpear a Venezuela para establecer un régimen que coadyuvara en las hostilidades contra la guerrilla en la zona selvática del suroriente colombiano que colinda con Venezuela [1] .
Venezuela es un punto geoestratégico clave en el intento de cercar a la guerrilla colombiana en la región suroriental de Colombia. Porque no es lo mismo la presencia en Venezuela de un gobierno popular y de izquierda, como el del Presidente Chávez, que por ello mismo se mantendrá neutral en el conflicto colombiano, a un gobierno “escuálido” que, de una u otra manera, apelaría a algún artificio a través de la OEA para conformar un ejército binacional en contra de la guerrilla colombiana.
El Plan Patriota “2” se les aguó. Habrá que seguir rastreando información para ver cuál va a ser, después del proceso de verificación de firmas a final de mes, el nuevo ardid para desestabilizar el gobierno bolivariano en la búsqueda de instaurar en Venezuela un régimen oligárquico, que sirva los intereses imperialistas. La responsabilidad del ejército venezolano es enorme y hay que cuidar tanto la vida del General Baduel como la del Presidente Chávez. No olvidemos que la oligarquía colombiana es experta, como pocos, en asesinar a aquellas personalidades que la incomodan. A Chávez y a Baduel hay que pedirles, más que nunca, que se cuiden, son dos pilares fundamentales para el proceso bolivariano y, por ende, para el futuro revolucionario latinoamericano.
[1] Ver mi carta al General Baduel del 26 de abril pasado
Tres allanamientos el día de hoy
Incautaron unos 600 chalecos antibalas almacenados ilegalmente en la residencia, propiedad del capitán de la Guardia Nacional Douglas Pérez Pérez. Decomisan 600 chalecos antibalas en casa
de general de la GN
Se solicitó orden de allanamiento ante
el tribunal 13 del Área Metropolitana tras
la información de inteligencia de la Disip.
Hay dos personas detenidas. |
Prensa RNV (LB)
10 de Mayo de 2004, 09:27
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By: Martin Sanchez - Venezuelanalysis.com
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Improvised observation post at the farm where Colombian paramilitaries were captured last Sunday. Credit: Carlos Rios - Radio Nacional de Venezuela |
Tuesday, May 11, 2004 (Venezuelanalysis.com).- Investigations continue in the case of a group of Colombian parmailitaries captured by Venezuelan authorities on Sunday at a farm in the outskirts of Caracas. According to testimony by some of the detainees, the group was training in preparation for attacks on Venezuelan military bases and for a coup d'etat against the government of President Hugo Chavez.
The group planned to concentrate near a Caracas military base -presumably the National Guard Urban Security Command- and assault it next Wednesday. About 100 of the irregulars are members of the Colombian military reserve, according the authorities' analysis of Colombian documents found in the farm, and according to testimony by some of the men captured.
The director of Venezuela's investigative police DISIP, Miguel Rodriguez Torres, announced yesterday that authorities have conducted a number of raids leading to some arrests, but refused to give details on some of the raids in order to avoid putting other suspects on alert.
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Six hundred bulletproof vests were found inside the house of National Guard Capitan Douglas Perez Perez. Credit: Venezolana de Television |
Six hundred bulletproof vests found
Six hundred bulletproof vests were found inside the house of National Guard Capitan Douglas Perez Perez in the wealthy eastern Caracas neighborhood of Prados del Este. According to Rodriguez, the vests are part of a lot that was supposed to be incinerated. Authorities will investigate why Capitan Perez was storing the vests in his house. Perez was under house arrest since May of 2003 after he was found guilty of smuggling Chinese immigrants into the country. Rodriguez said the vests were to be used by the paramilitaries.
According to the DISIP Director, the raids continue through the night and there will be important announcements made today. He said that there are several cells of this paramilitary group, "but all of those will be dismantled using the tools given to us by the Constitution."
A house belonging to former President Carlos Andres Perez, a fierce opponent of the Chavez government, was also searched. The house located in the wealthy neighborhood of Oripoto, is currently occupied by his former wife. "We were expecting this because we know that there rule of law does not prevail in Venezuela," said ex-president Perez in an interview from Miami with the opposition-aligned Union Radio network. Perez reiterated is belief that all peaceful means to oust Hugo Chavez have been exhausted, and that violence is necessary to achieve that goal. Perez declared to several media outlets that the capture of the paramilitaries was a hoax designed by Chavez to distract the people's attention from other issues facing his presidency.
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Barracs at the
property of opposition activist Robert Alonso located in the outskirts
of Caracas. Colombian paramilitaries lived there for 46 days in
preparation for attacks on military bases. Credit: Carlos Rios - Radio Nacional de Venezuela |
Opposition protests raids
As both raids were being conducted, TV footage showed neighbors protesting the authorities by banging pots, honking and chanting slogans such as "not a single step back!". DISIP Director Miguel Rodriguez lamented the fact that the neighbors of the upper-class sections where the raids were conducted, seemed to be defending the paramilitaries. "This is a problem that affects us all. They [the protesters] are defending criminals who came to our country to kill our families. I ask them to reflect on their actions," said Rodriguez.
More captures
Radio Nacional de Venezuela, a state owned radio network, informed that nine other paramilitaries were captured yesterday morning.
Vice-president Jose Vicente Rangel announced in a press conference the capture of active National Guard Colonel Orlando Castro in the city of Maracay, located an hour west of Caracas. Colonel Castro is believed to be the one in charge of buying the food for the paramilitaries captured.
Another presumed paramilitary officer was captured in the state of Barinas, close to the Colombian border. The irregular was carrying a fake ID card of the Colombian intelligence service DAS.
Mr. Robert Alonso, the owner of the farm where the group was concentrated, is being sought by authorities. Alonso has given interviews to TV and radio stations in Miami claiming to be innocent of any wrongdoing.
Human remains found
The remains of a dead man were found near the farm where the paramilitaries were concentrated. The body was not completely buried. Authorities believe that the man was forced to dig his own grave, as a pick was found buried.
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Authorities uncovered the remains of a man believed to be killed by the leaders of the paramilitary group. Credit: Carlos Rios - Radio Nacional de Venezuela |
Vice-president Rangel said that according to some of the detainees, the man's throat was cut because he tried to escape from the farm. There is another man who was killed, and is buried somewhere near the farm, according to the detainees.
According to the Vice-president, rebel military General Felipe Rodriguez, nicknamed "the Crow", is also a suspect in the case. Intelligence reports say that General Rodriguez met recently with Colombian paramilitary leaders. Rodriguez is a fugitive of justice accused of participating in the February 2003 terrorist attacks on the Consulate of Colombia and an office of the Spanish Embassy in Caracas.
The capture of the paramilitary group confirms President Chavez's repeated alerts on the existence of groups funded outside of Venezuela and by the local opposition with the intention of overthrowing the democratically-elected government. "We have struck a blow to the kidney of coup-plotters, destabilizers, and terrorists," Chavez said.
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Convocan a un Gran Apagón Nacional de Televisores este jueves de 7 a 9 p m
Por: Las organizaciones firmantes
Publicado el Martes, 11/05/04 10:56am |
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¡YA BASTA DE TANTOS ATROPELLOS EN CONTRA DE LOS CIUDADANOS!
NECESITAMOS URGENTEMENTE QUE SE APRUEBE LA LEY DE RESPONSABILIDAD SOCIAL EN RADIO Y TELEVISION
EE.UU no reconoció como hecho positivo la captura de paramilitares colombianos
Por: Venpres
Publicado el Martes, 11/05/04 02:25pm |
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Quedan 50 paramilitares desplegados en Caracas
Por: Prensa Presidencial
Publicado el Martes, 11/05/04 02:12pm |
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