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According to a Fanb statement, the boats, the Evinrude model of the American manufacturer Boston Wheeler, were armed “with .50 and M60 caliber machine guns”, and had their “respective ammunition”.
“All this material is in the custody of the Fanb. The Public Ministry and the other institutions of the Venezuelan State carry out the corresponding investigations,” the Venezuelan military added in the statement.
The Orinoco is the most important river in Venezuela, and the fourth longest in South America. 65% of the surface of its basin is located in Venezuela, while the remaining 35% is in Colombian territory.
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The seizures occur almost a week after the Nicolás Maduro government said it thwarted two maritime incursions into the coastal states of La Guaira and Aragua, for which it accused the opposition and the governments of Colombia and the United States.
Maduro himself has denounced that the attacks were prepared in three camps located in Colombia, a country that does not recognize the legitimacy of the Chavista leader as president and has repeatedly asked him to leave power.
As evidence of these accusations, the Venezuelan government released videos of the interrogations to two US citizens who participated in the operations, and who claimed to have organized the attacks from camps in Colombia.
Colombia and the United States have already denied taking part in the raids, which left 8 dead and 31 detained, according to the latest report by the Venezuelan Prosecutor’s Office.
The same as the head of Parliament and whom fifty hundred countries recognize as President of Venezuela, Juan Guaidó, which the Maduro government also points to for the attacks.
The Venezuelan Armed Forces did not link the boats seized with the maritime attacks, but stated in its statement that it will continue “the patrol and search work throughout the national territory, as part of the ‘Bolivarian Shield’ operation, in order to guarantee the freedom, sovereignty and independence of the Nation “.
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