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This was announced by the Minister of Electricity of Venezuela, Néstor Reverol His country’s security forces thwarted an attack on Rafael Urdaneta’s thermoelectric complex this Fridayin the municipality of Cañada de Urdaneta, state of Zulia.
In his account on the social network Twitter, the owner stated that in the early hours of this Friday, armed persons tried to interfere with the operation of the facility and indicated that one of the perpetrators was killed in the attack.
Specifically he said The criminals attempted to influence machine number seven in Termozulia, a situation repelled by military agents.
At the scene, the officers secured a firearm with which the attacker was confronted.
“Our Corpoelecinfo workforce carries out essential maintenance work necessary for electricity production in Zulia,” said the minister.
In the border states of Zulia and Bolívar, the high commands are developing a concrete action agenda and the map of strategic solutions to strengthen the organs of citizen security within the framework of the Black First Mission, created to improve military structures.
This week Defense Minister Vladimir Padrino headed the commission that delivered supplies and equipment to the country the armed forces of this border state with Colombia, where protecting the border area with the neighboring country is a national priority and has been the focus of several attacks on the electrical system.
For his part, the Head of the Department of Internal Relations, Justice and Peace, Remigio Ceballos, explained that innovative and highly effective projects are being implemented in Bolívar to develop and strengthen security, firefighting, health, IT, defense and forensic science.
(With information from Prensa Latina)