Venezuelan Far-Right’s Small Commandos Linked to Murders: Attorney General
William Tarek Saab, 2024. Photo: VTV
August 12, 2024 Hour: 7:42 am
These criminal structures are linked to opposition politicians such as Maria Corina Machado and Edmundo Gonzalez.
Venezuela’s Attorney General, Tarek William Saab, asserted that the so-called “Small Commandos” are implicated in at least 20 murders during the protests led by the far-right after the 2024 presidential elections.
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In an interview on the TV program “Situational Analysis,” Saab provided details about the violent protests called for by far-right leader Maria Corina Machado and former presidential candidate of the Unitary Platform, Edmundo Gonzalez.
The Attorney General reported that investigations carried out by his office have gathered sufficient evidence to charge the small commandos with serious crimes, such as murder.
“We were able to confirm that organized crime groups, like the Del Llano Train, which supported Gonzalez, said they would take action if the police or security forces repressed the protesters,” Saab said.
“This is proven and confessed… I already have the data. Almost all of them have criminal records. The deaths of around twenty people are absolutely attributable to these terrorist criminal groups using the name ‘Small Commandos’,” the attorney general stated.
Saab also mentioned that the far-right’s website, where alleged electoral records were published, is part of an attempt to recreate fraudulent results of the 2023 election records and incite hatred against Venezuelan institutions in the international community.
“The mercenaries who have advised various U.S. governments are trying to distort information about our national reality,” he said.
teleSUR/ JF Source: VTV
