A recent clash between soldiers and illegal miners in Venezuelan’s Amazon ended up with two people dead and six injured.
Following a recent operation against illegal mining in Venezuela’s Amazon region, the Operational Strategic Commander of the Bolivarian National Armed Forces , Domingo Hernández Lárez, said on Sunday that the government is working to determine the proper course of action against people comitting ecocide.
“Within the framework of the 5th National Strategic Objective of the Homeland Plan to protect people and nature, and in accordance with the laws of the Republic, which are of mandatory compliance, as a duty and right to preserve the environment, the FANB activated Operation Bolivarian Shield ‘Autana 2023’,” the Commander said, in reference to the incident.
Yet, according to Hernández Lárez, his subordinates conduct themselves with the utmost respect towards human life and are looking after the natural areas that have been destroyed by what he called “criminal groups that build shelters and distribution centers” in protected areas. Only in Yapacana, the military has evicted over 12,000 illegal miners since July 1, 2023, when Venezuela’s ruler Nicolás Maduro issued a call to dismantle unregulated activities in the Amazon.have shown that the area hosts at least 70 illegal mining hubs and that such operations have spoiled 934 hectares of forest.
According to government officials, the plan is to carry out a restoration program once all illegal miners have been evacuated, with a particular focus on cleaning up the mercury they use in the gold recovery process.
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