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<h1 id="reader-title">Helicopter Attack is Escalation in Regime
Change Campaign</h1>
<div id="reader-credits" class="credits">By Ministry of Popular
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<p><em><span>An official communique from the Venezuelan
government on the helicopter attack perpetrated
against the Supreme Court and Justice Ministry
Tuesday evening.</span></em></p>
<p><strong>Official Statement </strong></p>
<p class="p1"><span class="s1">The government of the
Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela hereby notifies the
general public and sister countries of the world of
the armed attacks carried out in the evening today,
Tuesday, June 28th 2017, against the headquarters of
the Ministry of Justice and the Supreme Court
Justice, as part of the escalation of a coup against
the Constitution of the Bolivarian Republic of
Venezuela and its state institutions. </span></p>
<p class="p1"><span class="s1">Both attacks were carried
out from an Airbus Volcom helicopter, model 105,
initials CICPC02, stolen from the General Francisco
Miranda airbase in La Carlota, Caracas, by a subject
named Oscar Alberto Perez, who took advantage of his
credentials as an inspector subscribed to the aerial
transport division of the CICPC [special
investigative police body]. </span></p>
<p class="p1"><span class="s1">The perpetrator flew the
aircraft within the vicinity of the Justice Ministry
on Urdaneta Avenue, firing around 15 shots against
the building while a reception was being held on the
rooftop terrace for a group of journalists
celebrating the National Day of Journalists. At the
moment of the attack, 80 people were present. </span></p>
<p class="p1"><span class="s1">Afterwards, the
helicopter was flown to the headquarters of the
Supreme Court of Justice, where the Constitutional
Tribunal was in session, including all of its judges
and a group of workers in their offices. There were
shots fired against these people and at least four
grenades thrown, [which were] made in Israel and of
Colombian origin. Of these [grenades], one did not
go off and another was collected. Two of these
grenades were launched at agents of the Bolivarian
National Guard who were guarding the building. </span></p>
<p class="p1"><span class="s1">Thanks to the rapid
response of the National Guard soldiers, a tragedy
was averted. The perpetrator of these acts is being
investigated for his links to the Central
Intelligence Agency [CIA] of the United States and
the embassy of that country in Caracas, as well as
for his links to a former justice minister who
recently publicly confirmed his contacts in the
CIA. </span></p>
<p class="p1"><span class="s1">For the Bolivarian
government, these are terrorist attacks framed
within the insurrectional offensive advanced by
radical sectors of the Venezuelan right-wing, with
support from foreign governments and powers. </span></p>
<p class="p1"><span class="s1">The Bolivarian National
Armed Forces and state security forces have been
deployed, with the objective of capturing the
perpetrator of these acts and to recover the
aircraft. We call on all of those who can contribute
information to help locate their whereabouts to
communicate with authorities through telephone
number 911. </span></p>
<p class="p1"><span class="s1">The Bolivarian government
calls on the political parties grouped together
under the so-called Roundtable of Democratic Unity,
as well as the Catholic Church hierarchy and other
factors of Venezuelan society, to condemn these acts
and to disavow the use of violence once and for all.</span></p>
<p class="p1"><span class="s1">The Bolivarian government
calls on the Venezuelan people to be alert in the
face of the escalation of a coup, which is an
attempt to alter the constitutional order in
Venezuela and has shown to be unscrupulous in its
political and economic ambitions. </span></p>
<p class="p1"><span class="s1">None of these attacks
will stop the activation of the constituent popular
process, nor will they impede the Venezuelan
people’s right to vote on July 30th to choose the
members of the N<span>ational C</span>onstituent
Assembly. </span></p>
<p class="p1"><span class="s1">The legitimate president
of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela, Nicolas
Maduro Moros, who today headed the presentation of
National Prizes for Journalism, is at the head of
his governmental team taking actions to safeguard
the security and tranquility of the Venezuelan
people. </span></p>
<p class="p1"><span class="s1">Now more than ever, the
words of Commander [Hugo] Chavez prevail: Unity,
struggle, battle and victory.</span></p>
<p class="p1"><span class="s1"><strong>Caracas, June 27
2017 </strong></span></p>
<p class="p1"><span class="s1"><strong>Ernesto Villegas,
Minister of Communications</strong></span></p>
<p class="p1"><span class="s1"><strong>Ministry of
Popular Power for Communication and Information </strong></span></p>
<p class="p1"><em><span class="s1">Translated by
Venezuelanalysis. </span></em></p>
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