4 Board Members of Enne Superstores Arrested in Venezuela for Food Hoarding [View all]

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Northwestern Venezuela, especially the extreme northwestern state of Zulia, is an anti-Chavez stronghold, noted for its opposition. It borders Colombia to the east and the state of Tachira (another opposition heavy town) to the south. It's an import/export zone with lots of smuggling activities.

Supermarket executives arrested

By Manuel Hernandez Z.
Saturday, 18 May 2013

Company sources confirmed the arrest of William Chacin, Enzo Chacin and two others not identified. The arrest occurred after a subpoena from the Public Ministry. The representatives of the chain remain in custody of the GNB near the Port of Maracaibo

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The arrest of the four executives happened the day after a supervisory committee seized 50 tons of food. (File: Vannyver Viloria)

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The incident comes a day after officials from Zulia's Ministry of Security and Public Order, and from the Public Ministry and the Institute for the Defense of People's Access to Goods and Services (Indepabis), visited two stores of the chain and seized 50 tons of hoarded food.

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Noris Marquez, Indepabis regional representative, stated that no fine was imposed on the chain that day but he mentioned Articles 111 and 112 of the Law on Defense of People's Access to Goods and Services (Depabis). He highlighted article114, which states that illegal hoarding shall be punished severely. "The case has been transferred to the criminal branch. There have to be criminal sanctions," he told our newspaper.

Inventory stored

Among the items confiscated on Thursday by the supervisory committee, there were 7,700 liters of oil, 441 sacks of precooked corn flour, six thousand kilos of sugar, 50 boxes of margarine, 12,000 cases of toothpaste and 450 units of bathroom soap bars.

http://www.laverdad.com/economia/27698-detienen-a-directivos-de-supermercado.html

In another article about this seizure, Jairo Ramirez, Secretary of Public Safety and Public Order, stated: "The hoarding was of staples such as milk, sugar, flour, rice, cooking oil and margarine, items that were hoarding in quantities above the 20 day supply limit."

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Thousands of kilos of sugar, hundreds of sacks of precooked cornflour, cooking oil etc no wonder the opposition *cares* so much that common people had to wait 8 hours in line just to get sugar, cornflour and other goods