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Venezuela puts down mutiny by national guard unit |
2019-01-21 |
![]() [Ay-Peee] Venezuela's government said Monday it put down a mutiny by a National Guard unit in a poor neighborhood a few miles (kilometers) from Venezuela's presidential palace. The uprising triggered protests in the same neighborhood, which were dispersed with tear gas as residents set fire to a street barricade of trash and chanted demands that President Nicolas Maduro leave power. The armed forces in a statement said that it had captured all those involved in what it described as "treasonous" acts motivated by "obscure interests tied to the far right." It said at around 2:50 a.m. (06:50 GMT), a small group of guardsmen took captive a captain in charge of a police station in western Caracas and then moved across the capital in two military trucks to the poor neighborhood of Petare, where they stole a cache of weapons from another outpost. So, a minor uprising, even if real. They prolly haven't been paid in a while |
Posted by:Frank G |
#1 All it takes is one match to light the fire. |
Posted by: Glolush Whusotch4899 2019-01-21 12:52 |