– Europa Press/Contact/Pedro Mattei
Madrid, December 6 (European Press) –
On Friday, Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro proposed signing cooperation agreements on citizen security with his neighboring countries in order to strengthen the fight against organized crime, offering the cooperation of the country’s police system in initiatives promoted by other countries in the region for the same purpose.
The president said in statements during an official event broadcast on Venezuelan television: “It is a success that we place at the service of combating criminal gangs, international crime and drug trafficking… and continuing the victory through the path of law, justice and peace.”
Maduro boasted that Venezuela had managed to build a “comprehensive” and “scientific” police system, and presented itself as a model of success in eliminating gangs like the Tren de Aragua or Tren del Llano, which have now been “defeated, defeated and disappeared.”
Therefore, it insisted on its readiness to put it at the service of neighboring countries through information exchange and joint operations.
During his speech, the Venezuelan President also referred to the sanctions imposed by the United States last month on the Aragua Train, which it classified as a terrorist organization, and accused it of involvement in drug smuggling, human trafficking, and money laundering activities, although the Venezuelan government repeatedly defended that the group “no longer exists” in the country, describing it as part of the past.
Maduro’s proposal seeks to strengthen regional cooperation on security matters, through intelligence cooperation and the development of joint actions against organized crime, in a context characterized by increasing escalation regarding anti-ship bombings in the Caribbean and Pacific against alleged drug traffickers by the United States, which has threatened to begin attacking targets inside Venezuela.