Colombian Paramilitary
in Venezuela
Colombian paramilitary
posses, present in
Venezuelan rural zones
for many years, are also
penetrating the cities
and control illegal
activities in some
neighborhoods, denounced
local weekly Temas
Friday.
In an article headlined
"Venezuela: The Invasion
Is On" Venezuelan
intellectual Luis Brito
assured that he had
reports that
paramilitary groups,
mostly known as "paracos",
are replacing illegal
national gangs in the
traffic of people,
drugs, gambling and
usurious loans.
Colombian gangs with
training, organization,
military armament and
financial support from
organized crime, replace
thieves, and in the
Venezuelan state of
Zulia, have replaced
national gangs lending
money to street sellers.
Brito said that if the
phenomenon spreads,
another coup in
Venezuela is possible,
popular sectors will not
be able to mobilize, as
they did in 2002 to
defeat the coup against
Venezuelan President
Hugo Chavez.
He warned of the danger
because of the proximity
of Colombia, in an
election year in the US,
a country in which
presidents strike at
other countries as a
sort of campaign
propaganda. |
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