Venezuelan military destroys illegal mining operation in the Amazon
Valentina Ruiz Leotaud | April 16, 2023 | 6:44 am
Venezuelan military destroys illegal mining camp in the Yapacana national park in April 2023. (Image by the Operational Strategic Commander of the Bolivarian National Armed Forces, Twitter.)
The Venezuelan military destroyed what they call a “logistic system” of illegal mining, which was operated by criminal groups in the Yapacana national park, located in the southern Amazonas state, near the border with Brazil and Colombia.
In a series of social media posts, the Operational Strategic Commander of the Bolivarian National Armed Forces, Domingo Hernández Lárez, said that the unregulated operation was found in Yapacana’s Caño Grande sector by agents who are permanently deployed in the Amazonas state with the goal of guaranteeing that environmental conservation and protection rules are observed.
“No human activity is allowed in national parks,” Hernández Lárez said. “No human group has the right to destroy forest reserves, parks or national monuments protected by the State. All citizens must adhere to the Fifth Historical Objective of the Homeland.”
The Objective is a six-year program aimed at promoting conservation measures that balance out human activities and the safeguarding of nature.
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