Venezuelan generals among military officials recently jailed: rights group

[Eugene]

Source: Reuters

WORLD NEWS MAY 28, 2018 / 6:15 PM / UPDATED AN HOUR AGO

Venezuelan generals among military officials recently jailed: rights group

Reuters Staff
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CARACAS (Reuters) - Two active generals with Venezuela’s National Guard were part of a group of 15 military officials arrested around the time of the socialist-run nation’s widely criticized May 20 presidential election, a local rights group said on Monday.

Generals Pedro Naranjo and Nelson Morales appeared on Sunday before a military tribunal at the Defense Ministry, according to Gonzalo Himiob of the Penal Forum group, who said the men were the highest-ranking recent detainees from the armed forces.

Scores of soldiers have been detained on accusations of conspiring against the leftist government of Nicolas Maduro or deserting. Penal Forum said there were now 355 “political prisoners” in total in Venezuela.

The Information Ministry did not immediately respond to a request for comment. But the Maduro government, which rejects use of the term “political prisoner,” has said all politicians and members of the security forces in detention face legitimate criminal charges, including coup-plotting.

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[GatoGordo]

1. The entire military infrastructure has been replaced with Chavistas and Cuban infiltrators.

90% or more of the officers have had indoctrination training in Cuba by their puppeteers.

This all started following the debacle of 2003 after a brief coup attempt, and Chavez fired all non-loyal PdVSA employees

Standard playbook. Turn the head, the body follows.