Venezuelan Defense Minister, General-in-Chief Vladimir Padrino López, described anti-drug trafficking operations as effective on Wednesday and backed President Nicolás Maduro, who characterized the national strategy as a “successful combat model.”
“We offer this successful model of popular-military-police unity to U.S. imperialism so that it can combat drug trafficking effectively, truly effectively,” Padrino López stated.
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The Defense Minister specified that, since the enactment in 2012 of the Law for the Comprehensive Defense of Venezuelan Airspace, 430 aircraft linked to drug trafficking have been disabled.
“We have left 430 aircraft on the ground. And that is why our Commander-in-Chief is right when he says that we have our own successful model,” he emphasized.
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The Vice President for Political Sovereignty, Security, and Peace affirmed that Venezuela “is not a key player in drug trafficking,” dismissing the nation’s impact on the global drug supply chain.
He commented that the four or five percent that “comes from Colombia into Venezuelan territory, that they intend to pass through here, there’s the answer.” He added that they combated Colombian drug trafficking groups operating on the border and destroyed 156 of their camps.
He emphasized that any aircraft linked to drug trafficking will be met with a response from the Armed Forces, because “this airspace and territory are defended and respected.”
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