On December 22, this group of armed subjects participated in a brutal attack on the military headquarters in Bolívar state, where they stole 120 assault rifles and 9 rocket launchers, in a violent operation in which the First Sergeant of the Bolivarian National Guard, Jean Pierre Caraballo Marcano, lost his life. Given this situation, Venezuela began on December 28 diplomatic procedures to extradite the five deserters of the Venezuelan Army, however, Brazil granted them refugee status. Through a statement, Venezuela said that with this decision there is a pattern of protection and complicity of governments allied to the United States (US) in order to generate destabilization and disturb the peace of Venezuela.1/2) #HOY hemos enviado a nuestro homólogo de la República Federativa de Brasil, Augusto Aras, una comunicación informándole el inicio de los trámites para la extradición de 5 ex efectivos de las FANB implicados en los ataques a dos comandos militares en el municp Gran Sabana pic.twitter.com/a0EP3pq8Rs
— Tarek William Saab (@TarekWiliamSaab) January 2, 2020
2/2 ) En esta comunicación le solicitamos de manera formal que sean iniciados por parte de las autoridades de la República Federativa de Brasil, los trámites necesarios, a los fines de poner a disposición de la autoridades venezolanas a estos ciudadanos pic.twitter.com/2TEwHXa7NT
— Tarek William Saab (@TarekWiliamSaab) January 2, 2020