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Published: Sunday, May 09, 2004<br>
Bylined to: <a href="mailto:Philip@VHeadline.com">Philip Stinard</a>
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</font><font face="georgia" size=5 color="#A80000">President Hugo Chavez
Frias: Today's capture of Colombian paramilitaries is a blow against
opposition terrorism<br><br>
</font><font face="georgia" size=2><b>VENPRES’ Carmen Ostia Pulgar
reports:</b> </font><font face="georgia" size=3>“The capture of 56
Colombian paramilitaries in Sabaneta, Baruta (Miranda) is a very
important blow against terrorism, coups, and violence in the entire
world,” said President Hugo Chavez Frias during his weekly TV program,
“Alo Presidente.” <br><br>
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<font face="georgia" size=3>Just a few hours after this group of presumed
imported Colombian terrorists was apprehended, the Head of State
questioned the silence of the private media, and their twisting of the
facts with respect to information released about these events. According
to Chavez, this is a part of the “blind elite’s” strategy to implement
their plans. He warned that despite the attempts of the opposition to
inundate Venezuela with violence, they will not succeed. <br><br>
</font><font face="georgia" size=2><b>The President’s message was
transmitted in a simultaneous broadcast on all radio and TV channels
because none of the private channels <i>(with the exception of
Globovision, which retransmitted VTV’s signal at certain moments)</i>
transmitted what happened this morning. <br><br>
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<font face="georgia" size=3>For the last three months, the intelligence
agencies conducted an investigation which, this morning between 2:30 and
3:00 a.m., resulted in the capture of an important Colombian paramilitary
leader. The operation continued, and “before the sun rose, our patriotic
men and women had captured 53 paramilitaries <i>(now 56)</i>, all
Colombians, dressed in Venezuelan military uniforms, with military
haircuts, white and tricolor armbands <i>(Venezuelan colors)</i>,”
detailed President Chavez. <br><br>
“The captured foreign terrorist agents were found in a building belonging
to Cuban Robert Alonso, known anti-Castro activist. We’re talking about
the Cuban counterrevolution passing through North (as in Miami), South,
and Central America.” <br><br>
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<font face="georgia" size=3>Alonso was nicknamed “The Corporal” and was
one of the brains behind “Plan Guarimba,” a violent far-right opposition
strategy that was executed in communities and arterial highways in East
Caracas from February 27 (when the G-15 Summit convened in the capital
city) until March 3. </font>
<ul>
<li><font face="georgia" size=2><b>“(Alonso) is closely associated with
the so-called Democratic Coordinator (CD), and he was recently on the
Globovision program, Grade 33,” Chavez added. </b></font>
</ul><font size=3><br>
</font><font face="georgia" size=3>According to security agency
estimates, 130 Colombian paramilitaries entered Venezuela clandestinely.
The President said that he gave the order to capture them by any means
necessary in the shortest possible time. <br><br>
Chavez recognized the work done by the State Security & Political
(DISIP) police, led by Corporal Miguel Rodriguez Torres; the Ministry of
Interior & Justice (MIJ) headed by Lucas Rincon Romero; the National
Guard; the Military Intelligence Directorate (DIM); the Ministry of
Defense; and the Scientific, Penal & Criminal Investigations Corps
(CICPC). <br><br>
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<div align="right"><font face="georgia" size=4><a href="mailto:Philip@VHeadline.com">Translated
by Philip
Stinard</a>
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<font size=3><a name="espanol"></a> </font><font face="georgia" size=5 color="#000080"><b><i><u>En
Espanol<a name="espanol"></a>:<br>
<br>
</u></i></b></font><font face="georgia" size=5 color="#A80000">Presidente
Hugo Chavez Frias: Captura de paramilitares es un golpe al terrorismo
<br><br>
</font><font face="georgia" size=3><b>Venpres (Carmen Ostia Pulgar):</b>
La captura de 56 paramilitares colombianos, en Sabaneta, municipio
Baruta, del estado Miranda, es un golpe muy importante contra el
terrorismo, el golpismo y la violencia en el mundo entero, consideró el
primer mandatario del país, Hugo Chávez Frías, en su programa N° 191 de
"Aló Presidente". <br><br>
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<font face="georgia" size=3>A pocas horas de la aprehensión de ese grupo
de presuntos terroristas importados de la vecina nación suramericana,
comenzó la jornada audiovisual de cada semana, y el jefe de Estado no
dudó, una vez más, en cuestionar el silencio mediático e incluso las
tergiversación en torno a las informaciones referidas a ese evento, lo
cual forma parte de la estrategia que implementa "esa élite
enceguecida", para imponer sus oscuros planes. Advirtió, que no
obstante ese empeño de la oposición golpista de inundar al país de
violencia, no lo van a lograr. <br><br>
</font><font face="georgia" size=2><b>El mensaje del Presidente se
transmitió en cadena nacional de radio y televisión, esto porque ninguno
de los canales privados <i>(excepto Globovisión, que retransmitió la
señal de VTV en algunos momentos)</i> transmitió lo ocurrido. <br><br>
</b></font><div align="center"><img src="cid:6.1.0.6.2.20040510084851.026b3aa8@66.103.156.66.5" width=480 height=470 alt="b8547.jpg"></b><font size=3><br><br>
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<font face="georgia" size=3>Desde hace tres meses, aproximadamente, se
realizaba el trabajo de inteligencia, que esta madrugada, entre las 2:30
a las 3:00 de la madrugada, coronó con la captura de un importante jefe
paramilitar colombiano, operativo que prosiguió, y "ya antes de que
el sol saliera, nuestros hombres y mujeres patriotas, habían capturado 53
paramilitares (ahora suman 56), todos colombianos, vestidos con uniformes
militares venezolanos, corte militar, brazaletes blancos y tricolores
(del pabellón patrio)", dio detalles el presidente Chávez.
<br><br>
"Los agentes foráneos terroristas detenidos estaban instalados en un
inmueble propiedad del cubano Robert Alonso, conocido antifidelista. Se
trata de la contrarrevolución cubana que se mueve por Centroamérica,
Norteamérica (como en Miami) y Suramérica". <br><br>
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<font face="georgia" size=3>De Alonso precisó, que lo apodan "El
Coronel" y fue uno de los ideólogos del plan Guarimba, estrategia
foquista que ejecutaron los sectores ultraderechistas de la oposición, en
comunidades y arterias viales del este de Caracas, desde el viernes 27 de
febrero (cuando se instala en la ciudad capital la Cumbre del Grupo de
los 15) hasta el miércoles 3 de marzo. </font>
<ul>
<li><font face="georgia" size=2><b>"Está vinculado estrechamente con
la llamada Coordinadora Democrática y hace muy poco estuvo en el programa
Grado 33, de Globovisión", añadió. </b></font>
</ul><font size=3><br>
</font><font face="georgia" size=3>De acuerdo a las estimaciones de los
organismos de seguridad, prosiguió Chávez, alcanzan 130 los
paramilitares, quienes llegaron a Venezuela clandestinamente. El
Presidente advirtió que dio la orden de capturarlos a como dé lugar a la
brevedad posible. <br><br>
Reconoció el trabajo de la Dirección Servicios de Inteligencia y
Prevención (Disip), bajo la responsabilidad del coronel Miguel Rodríguez
Torres; el Ministerio del Interior y Justicia, encabezado por Lucas
Rincón Romero; Guardia Nacional; Dirección de Inteligencia Militar (DIM),
del Ministerio de la Defensa, y del Cuerpo de Investigaciones
Científicas, Penales y Criminalísticas (Cicpc).<br><br>
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Luis Martin<br>
Boletin Latino<br><br>
BREAKING NEWS<br><br>
President Hugo Chavez Frias: Today's capture of Colombian paramilitaries
is a blow against opposition terrorism<br><br>
<a href="http://www.vheadline.com/readnews.asp?id=21062" eudora="autourl">http://www.vheadline.com/readnews.asp?id=21062<br><br>
</a>VENPRES’ Carmen Ostia Pulgar reports: “The capture of 56 Colombian
paramilitaries in Sabaneta, Baruta (Miranda) is a very important blow
against terrorism, coups, and violence in the entire world,” said
President Hugo Chavez Frias during his weekly TV program, “Alo
Presidente.”
<br><br>
Just a few hours after this group of presumed imported Colombian
terrorists was apprehended, the Head of State questioned the silence of
the private media, and their twisting of the facts with respect to
information released about these events. According to Chavez, this is a
part of the “blind elite’s” strategy to implement their plans. He warned
that despite the attempts of the opposition to inundate Venezuela with
violence, they will not succeed. <br><br>
The President’s message was transmitted in a simultaneous broadcast on
all radio and TV channels because none of the private channels (with the
exception of Globovision, which retransmitted VTV’s signal at certain
moments) transmitted what happened this morning. <br><br>
For the last three months, the intelligence agencies conducted an
investigation which, this morning between 2:30 and 3:00 a.m., resulted in
the capture of an important Colombian paramilitary leader. The operation
continued, and “before the sun rose, our patriotic men and women had
captured 53 paramilitaries (now 56), all Colombians, dressed in
Venezuelan military uniforms, with military haircuts, white and tricolor
armbands (Venezuelan colors),” detailed President Chavez. <br><br>
“The captured foreign terrorist agents were found in a building belonging
to Cuban Robert Alonso, known anti-Castro activist. We’re talking about
the Cuban counterrevolution passing through North (as in Miami), South,
and Central America.” <br><br>
Alonso was nicknamed “The Corporal” and was one of the brains behind
“Plan Guarimba,” a violent far-right opposition strategy that was
executed in communities and arterial highways in East Caracas from
February 27 (when the G-15 Summit convened in the capital city) until
March 3. <br><br>
“(Alonso) is closely associated with the so-called Democratic Coordinator
(CD), and he was recently on the Globovision program, Grade 33,” Chavez
added. <br>
According to security agency estimates, 130 Colombian paramilitaries
entered Venezuela clandestinely. The President said that he gave the
order to capture them by any means necessary in the shortest possible
time. <br><br>
Chavez recognized the work done by the State Security & Political
(DISIP) police, led by Corporal Miguel Rodriguez Torres; the Ministry of
Interior & Justice (MIJ) headed by Lucas Rincon Romero; the National
Guard; the Military Intelligence Directorate (DIM); the Ministry of
Defense; and the Scientific, Penal & Criminal Investigations Corps
(CICPC). <br><br>
Translated by Philip
Stinard
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