In this way, the Venezuelan Ministry of Defense has inflated the list of military personnel demoted and expelled for conspiracy.
Of the 33 names that the Ministry of Defense Announcement of the expelled and demoted soldiers Armed forcesIt is relevant that eight of these names belong to a list of 302 officials in July 2020 Colonel General Vladimir Padrino López separates from the Armed forces for disciplinary action following submission to a Research Council.
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If these soldiers had already been released from the institution, would they reuse these names to add them to a list of possible conspirators? The names of the eight officials included on the 2020 list and now on the 2024 list are repeated: Colonel José Alberto García Cárdenas; The Lt. Col. Juan Antonio Hurtado Campos, Jose Luis Payema, Cesar Ramon Matos Sucre; The senior Mary Yelizza Ramírez Urbina, Richard Leonardo Luengo Valbuena, Eduardo Antonio Galue Segovia And Jorge Enrique Garcia Rojas. And the name of the Mayor Luis Eduardo González Pinwho had already defected in 2020.
On July 29, 2020, Infobae emphasizes that “a Colonelthree Lieutenant Colonelsix greater27 Captains142 First lieutenants and 123 Lieutenants of Venezuelan army were separated from the Bolivarian National Armed Forces (FANB)after undergoing one Research Council. He Minister of Defense GJ Vladimir Padrino Lópezpassed the resolutions concerning these 302 officials of the Bolivarian Army“.
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The military leader forgot that he had already mentioned it in 2020 and introduced it again in 2024 Nicolas Maduro said in his weekly program: “I say to you, General Padrino, approved, continue to demote and expel from the Bolivarian National Armed Forces all these convicted and confessed mercenaries and traitors.”.
Godfather Lopez He said 18 FANB military personnel had been “expelled and demoted”; for committing acts that violate republican and democratic principles; “We will act vigorously and not hesitate to apply the law to traitors, because deception and disloyalty constitute a violation of the laws of military honor and absolute loyalty!” Nevertheless, the list he presented included 33 names.
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In addition to the eight mentioned that appear in the two lists, there are names of officials who They have been on other continents for years.
In this way, the list of soldiers of the Venezuelan Armed Forces demoted and expelled for conspiracy was inflated
On the other hand, there is the case of Colonel Carlos Jesús Sánchez Vásquez, who requested his dismissal in October 2023, was arrested in December and held incommunicado. Later, his wife, Lieutenant Karen Nayarit Gómez Gutiérrez, was also arrested after she complained to the Ministry of State, the DGCIM, the Military Prosecutor's Office and the Office of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights.
In November 2020, in Third Military Control Court of Caracasresponsible for Captain Mickel Enrique Amézquita Piónthe oral hearing for the presentation of the Captain Armando José Flores PiñangoHe SM3 Alexis Rubén Mejias Leal and that SM3 Adrian Fuentes Riconfor the crimes of Betrayal of the homeland And Incitement to rebellion.
These soldiers were arrested by the General Directorate of Military Counterintelligence (Dgcim)who assured that they had discovered it through intelligence work “the recruitment of active duty, retired and military deserters by the Colombian National Intelligence Directorate (DNI) and the US Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) operating out of Colombia“with the aim of sabotaging the new weapon system of armored vehicles (tanks) and making it unusable.”
He says that they discovered how one of the members of the organization Mayor Luis Eduardo González Pin “Who is supposed to be the direct connection to this Foreign secret services described above (DNI and CIA) for recruiting and linking active, retained and military deserters. National Armed Forces with members of the organization.
Yes Gonzalez pin Since he had such serious allegations, he should have already been expelled from school Armed forcesIt is inexplicable that they are now adding him again to the list of those excluded and demoted from the armed institution.
Eight of the names are part of a list of 302 officers that Padrino López resigned from the army due to disciplinary measures after presenting them to a board of inquiry. (EFE/Rayner Peña R)
Godfatherwhen referring to it the expulsion and humiliation of the militarysaid: “No more treason in the FANB, no more extremist movements in our beloved Venezuela. “We will enforce our constitution and, if necessary, with our weapons.”.
“How painful it is that a colleague of ours is dressed and uniformed like us; that he bears these symbols, these degrees; that we were trained in these military academies, in these temples of virtue and honor. How painful it is to make the choice between a principle and a friend. But we who handle the weapons of the Republic; We have a high Bolivarian national consciousness, a high civil and military consciousness. We must choose in principle to maintain what we have all agreed on by consensus, including democracy.”
Inside Court of HonourOnly 11 soldiers were present for the degradation and expulsion process, three of whom were taken out of the country Ramo Verde military prison, where they were held for months. Now he has Captain Anyelo Julio Heredia Gervacio was not brought into the yard Fort Tiuna and they kept him in an office where he was in a wheelchair.
He S1 Jonathan José Abache Fuenmayor He assured via video that he had received a call from First Lieutenant José Gregorio Montiel Who is telling you this? “He was supported in the logistical and financial part by the MG Cliver Alcalá Cordones and an opposition leader.
A source spoken to confidentially Infobaereported that “Sergeant Abache Fuenmayor was reportedly detained at the DGCIMas in November 2023 officials of the Dgcim They came to his cell and Abache He left with his bag and without handcuffs, they took him away in a vehicle and he was no longer seen in the basement of the building DGCIM until he appears in a video explaining.”
S1 Jonathan José Abache Fuenmayor assured via video that he had received a call from Lieutenant José Gregorio Montiel.
Here are the 33 names of those demoted and expelled:
Major General: Tomas Enrique Martínez Macías.
Colonel: Carlos Jesús Sánchez Vásquez and José Alberto García Cárdenas.
Lieutenant Colonel: Guillermo Enrique César Siero, Jholmar Josué Cárdenas Camacho, Édgar Josué Carrillo Camacho, Juan Antonio Hurtado Campos, José Luis Payema and César Ramón Matos Sucre.
Greater: Guillermo Henry César Siero, Diana Desirée Victoria Justo, Mary Yelizza Ramírez Urbina, Edwar Alejandro Salom Brito, Richard Leonardo Luengo Valbuena, Eduardo Antonio Galué Segovia, José Gregorio Basantes Márquez, Jorge Enrique García Rojas and Luis Eduardo González Pin.
Captains: Anyelo Julio Heredia Gervacio and Tomás Enrique Martínez Chico.
First lieutenants: Karen Nayarit Gómez Gutiérrez, Marcos David Insignares García, Vladimir Rafael Escalona Gutiérrez, José Gregorio Montiel García, José Daniel Mendoza Torres and Ronald Leandro Ojeda Moreno.
Third Sergeant Major (SM3): Jose Antonio Moreno Escalona. And the first sergeants: Valentina Mujica de Montesinos, Jonathan José Abache Fuenmayor, Juan Vicente Pérez Marcano, Ángel Simón Rivero Carrasquel, Nerio Xavier Angulo Camacaro and José Fortunato Guerrero Rojas.