Venezuela | Six mayors have been arrested in operation, thus far - video Dailymotion

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Diosdado Cabello, Minister of Interior, Justice, and Peace of Venezuela, reports breakthroughs in the country’s fight against drug trafficking and organized crime in the state of Zulia. teleSUR

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00:00OK, here, this is a complete report so far of this operation.

00:13This is the chief of the operation, the gun leader.

00:26We have many people already identified.

00:29Many have been arrested.

00:30We were still pending some arrests.

00:34All of the ones that you see a face of have been arrested.

00:37The others are pending.

00:42We have, they were all operating armed gangs.

00:54We have two Colombians involved in this gang.

00:59They're all under the leadership of Jose Enrique Rincón, who answers to Maria Corina Machado.

01:13They had a great operation of destabilization, corruption, drug trafficking.

01:30This man, Arcos Urdaneta, these men have been arrested.

01:48Those who are part of this conspiracy are defending publicly these men who are involved

01:58clearly in this drug trafficking operation, destabilizing operation.

02:07This is the mayor of Miranda, the Miranda municipality.

02:16This is the mayor of Padilla, where the lake meets the Caribbean Sea.

02:27I want to show you on the map.

02:31This is the Miranda municipality.

02:36These are the ports of Altagracia.

02:43They are mayors who were chosen by popular vote of the revolution, and they betrayed

02:51the revolution.

02:53They got involved in corruption, conspiracy, drug trafficking, and they should meet the

03:00consequences of their actions.

03:04Loaiza is also a mayor who's also been arrested.

03:29Danilo Esteban also captured.

03:34We have six mayors arrested so far.

03:44That criminal structure has financed election campaigns.

03:54Of course, they need to make sure that they will be able to continue carrying out their

04:00drug trafficking through their municipalities.

04:03We have identified all the people involved, all the companies, and we will continue on

04:10this operation.

04:13The president has committed to this.

04:16The revolution has committed to it, and we are doing what we need to do.

04:21Why is that all happening in the state of Zulia?

04:26Because obviously there is no original effective government.

04:36And if you do not believe me, take the road and see if you can find any police station

04:42around Zulia.

04:44And it is very easy in that state to do all this with very little risk.

04:53So we have to be more severe when we approve candidates for political posts.

05:01We need to be extremely severe.

Venezuela | Six mayors have been arrested in operation, thus far

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