CARACAS, Oct 1 (NNN-MERCOPRESS) — Venezuela’s military strength in the northernmost Paraguan\u00e1 peninsula on the Caribbean seashore has been upped as President Nicol\u00e1s Maduro urged authorities from the Dutch territories of Aruba, Bonaire, and Curacao to join efforts against drug trafficking in the area.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cI gave the secret orders for the establishment of military bases in the area, new military bases. New in concept, not a traditional military base. New in the concept, in its integration with the population, in the territorial occupation, in the surveillance capacity, in the capacity of armed reaction,\u201d said Maduro during a broadcast ceremony.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
He added that this area in the State of Falcon is \u201cone of the Colombian drug trafficking routes to Europe.\u201d Hence, the Bolivarian National Armed Force (FANB) is deployed in the Paraguan\u00e1 peninsula as part of the operation against \u201cTANCOL,\u201d a Venezuelan-concocted acronym for the \u201cArmed Colombian Drug Trafficking terrorists.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cI call on the ambassador of the Netherlands, the government of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, the local governments of Aruba, Curacao, and Bonaire, to get their act together, that we coordinate because Venezuela is making a great effort to protect all this and we will support it,\u201d Maduro underlined as he highlighted the natural beauty of the region, due to which he ordered the Ministries of Defense and Tourism to create \u201ca great tourist economic zone\u201d to be run jointly.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
A FANB squadron reported on Sept 5 the seizure in Paraguan\u00e1 of the largest marijuana shipment ever, together with 7.7 kilos of cocaine bound for Martinique.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Diplomatic ties between Colombia and Venezuela were re-established earlier this week. — NNN-MERCOPRESS<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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