With a vested interest for the status quo,
According to Otero, there are eight armed groups that make up the Maduro administration’s muscle:
- Armed civilian militias that are uniformed and trained by the army
- The Bolivarian National Guard (Guardia Nacional Boliviariana — GNB)
- The Bolivarian National Police (Policía Nacional Bolivariana — PNB)
- The Bolivarian National Armed Forces (Fuerza Armada Nacional Bolivariana — FANB)
- Cuban military advisors surrounding Maduro
- “Colectivos,” the pro-government paramilitary organizations that operate throughout the country
- The Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (Fuerzas Armadas Revolucionarias de Colombia — FARC)
- Colombia’s National Liberation Army (Ejército de Liberación Nacional — ELN)
Read it at InSight Crime,
The Eight Criminal Armies Supporting Venezuela’s Maduro Administrationhttps://t.co/BslLQlUQek pic.twitter.com/D78xycD0YP
— InSight Crime (@InSightCrime) January 22, 2018
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I’m getting over a flu. Juliette filled in for me yesterday at DTGB, Who Can Investigate the Investigators?
