Chief Commissioner Richard Camacho, nationwide director in opposition to prison gangs of that police pressure, defined in a video posted on the navy establishment’s Instagram channel that the operation was carried out on the directions of President Nicolas Maduro and Inside Minister Diosdado Cabello.
Camacho identified that they first managed to kill prison Wilexis Alexander Acevedo Monasterios, aka Wilexis, along with the Scientific and Prison Investigation Corps and “subsequently took management of that municipality.”
Wilexis was killed on January 22 in an armed confrontation throughout a joint police and intelligence operation on the Petare-Santa Lucia freeway, in Miranda state.
Camacho denounced the destabilizing makes an attempt in opposition to the nation by the gang, led by Wilexis who, in response to authorities, had 15 arrest warrants for terrorism in opposition to the folks, extortion, homicide, kidnapping, and drug trafficking.
He additionally identified that extremist opposition sectors had been making an attempt to make use of the prison gang to confront police businesses and trigger outrage within the nation.
The chief commissioner identified that, because of the investigations, they discovered that this armed group, in response to journalistic sources, consisted of 200 folks.
The gang was financed with weapons by the extremist opposition to create violence throughout the presidential elections on July 28, 2024.
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