Venezuela's Attorney General, Tarek William Saab offers statements on destabilization attempts a few weeks before the presidential elections. teleSUR
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00:00We go live to Venezuela at this hour, where the Attorney General Tarek William Saab is
00:07offering statements.
00:08Let's listen.
00:09I could attach them to the same illegal activity that searches for undermining the Bolivarian
00:24peace and destabilizing the country, but they couldn't achieve that because justice has
00:33been immediate and coexistence has aroused.
00:41So the first has to do with the serial of sabotages to the electrical grid that nothing
00:51has to do with incidents or accidents, common accidents and incidents that could be just
01:04attached to the Venezuelan system.
01:06But these are criminal actions, particularly they have been searching in this year, 2024,
01:18with reasons, with very outrageous reasons, which have been escalated and it is no coincidence
01:30because this month is the month of the electoral campaign, which is the decisive month for
01:39the elections on July 28th, where these criminal groups are just dedicated to rob, kidnap and
01:53rob materials of the electrical system of Venezuela.
01:59The border, the recurring states are Tashira and oil zones, and we are going to refer to
02:12a recent event in the latest days, which the public ministry has been working with the
02:24police to advance in the investigations with the appointed prosecutors.
02:33I want to highlight that in the case of the sabotage of the electricity, Tashira, Merida
02:49and Caracas cities were targeted by these criminal groups.
02:56With these actions, they try to destabilize, obviously I said, the presidential elections
03:04on July 28th.
03:07After just gathering enough evidence, on July 9th, we requested to the competent courts
03:22the arrest warrants for Ricardo Alberto and other search orders in Tashira and Merida.
03:44These orders were just attached to these subjects and Rojas was arrested in the city
03:53of Caracas and Ricardo Albacete was arrested on July 11th in the avenue of Libertador of
04:01Caracara.
04:02There, when we just launched the arrests, we verified that these citizens had in their
04:13power lots of material, strategic material, and they belong to corporate, I mean, they
04:25belong to a strategic company of Venezuela that have these kinds of materials to pursue
04:42a basic service of electricity.
04:47We valued all these devices at around $150,000.
04:56In the company of, in the warehouses of Curimetal, we found 20 electrical transformers belonging
05:16to Calafi, and they were robbed from there, 500 kilograms of wire belonging to the electrical
05:31national system, and we found 250 aluminum plates and 3,250 kilograms of aluminum, and
05:55all these were just robbed, and how can a normal person, an alleged trader or entrepreneur
06:07can achieve this action and justify it legally why he did it when these are just materials
06:22from corporate, and we just seized bioelectric oil, and we found nitrogen, oxygen for just
06:43keeping the electric system, and we found other materials important for keeping maintenance
06:56of the electric system, and the main responsible of this criminal action is, I show you there,
07:10Albacete, there we can see it on the screen, we can see him on the screen.
07:22The characteristics, the trait of this arrested person, so let's say we found all these materials
07:40in, attached to him, and which are exclusively from the Venezuelan state, and I would like to
07:49show a video referring to this industrial complex which was operating illegally and secretly,
08:06and these were before, they were smuggling before 2020, and we corroborated,
08:17we confirmed this information from the employees, so we have been searching with them,
08:29we prosecutors have been searching with these employees, and this is a secretly
08:36warehouse in which they robbed electrical material to sabotage this
08:44electricity in the state of Tashira. Let's see.
09:14So,
09:44so,
10:14you
10:45can see
10:46that
10:48this
10:50is
10:52a
10:54warehouse
10:56in which
10:58they
11:00were
11:02smuggling
11:04electrical
11:06material
11:08illegally
11:10to
11:12Tashira.
11:14So,
11:16you
11:18can see
11:20that
11:22this
11:24is a
11:26warehouse
11:28in which
11:30they were
11:32smuggling
11:34electrical
11:36material
11:38illegally
11:40to
11:42Tashira.
11:44So,
11:46you
11:48can see
11:50that
11:52this
11:54is a
11:56warehouse
11:58in which
12:00they were
12:02smuggling
12:04electrical
12:06material
12:08illegally
12:10to
12:12Tashira.
12:14So,
12:16you
12:18can see
12:20that
12:22this
12:24is a
12:26warehouse
12:28in which
12:30they were
12:32smuggling
12:34electrical
12:36material
12:38illegally
12:40to
12:42Tashira.
12:44So,
12:46you
12:48can see
12:50that
12:52this
12:54is a
12:56warehouse
12:58in which
13:00they were
13:02smuggling
13:04electrical
13:06material
13:08illegally
13:10to
13:12Tashira.
13:14So,
13:16you
13:18can see
13:20that
13:22this is a
13:24warehouse
13:26in which
13:28they were
13:30smuggling
13:32electrical
13:34material
13:36illegally
13:38to
13:40Tashira.
13:42So,
13:44you
13:46can see
13:48that
13:50this
13:52is a
13:54warehouse
13:56in which
13:58they were
14:00smuggling
14:02electrical
14:04material
14:06illegally
14:08to
14:10Tashira.
14:12So,
14:14you
14:16can see
14:18that
14:20this
14:22is a
14:24warehouse
14:26in which
14:28they were
14:30smuggling
14:32electrical
14:34material
14:36illegally
14:38to
14:40Tashira.
14:42So,
14:44you
14:46can see
14:48that this
14:50is a
14:52warehouse
14:54in which
14:56they were
14:58smuggling
15:00electrical
15:02material
15:04illegally
15:06to
15:08Tashira.
15:10So,
15:12you
15:14can see
15:16that this
15:18is a
15:20warehouse
15:22in which
15:24they were
15:26smuggling
15:28electrical
15:30material
15:32illegally
15:34to
15:36Tashira.
15:38So,
15:40you
15:42can see
15:44that this
15:46is a
15:48warehouse
15:50in which
15:52they were
15:54smuggling
15:56electrical
15:58material
16:00illegally
16:02to
16:04Tashira.
16:06So,
16:08you
16:10can see
16:12that this
16:14is a
16:16warehouse
16:18in which
16:20they
16:22were
16:24smuggling
16:26electrical
16:28material
16:30illegally
16:32to
16:34Tashira.
16:36So,
16:38you
16:40can see
16:42that this
16:44is a
16:46warehouse
16:48in which
16:50they were
16:52smuggling
16:54electrical
16:56material
16:58illegally
17:00to
17:02Tashira.
17:04So,
17:06you
17:08can see
17:10that this
17:12is a
17:14warehouse
17:16in which
17:18they were
17:20smuggling
17:22electrical
17:24material
17:26illegally
17:28to
17:30Tashira.
17:32So,
17:34you
17:36can see
17:38that this
17:40is a
17:42warehouse
17:44in which
17:46they were
17:48smuggling
17:50electrical
17:52material
17:54illegally
17:56to
17:58Tashira.
18:00So,
18:02you
18:04can see
18:06that this
18:08is a
18:10warehouse
18:12in which
18:14they were
18:16smuggling
18:18electrical
18:20material
18:22illegally
18:24to
18:26Tashira.
18:28So,
18:30you
18:32can see
18:34that this
18:36is a
18:38warehouse
18:40in which
18:42they were
18:44smuggling
18:46electrical
18:48material
18:50illegally
18:52to
18:54Tashira.
18:56So,
18:58you
19:00can see
19:02that this
19:04is a
19:06warehouse in which
19:08they were
19:10smuggling
19:12electrical
19:14material
19:16illegally
19:18to
19:20Tashira.
19:22So,
19:24you can see
19:26that this
19:28is a warehouse
19:30in which
19:32they were
19:34smuggling
19:36electrical
19:38material
19:40illegally
19:42to
19:44Tashira.
19:46So,
19:48you can see
19:50that this
19:52is a
19:54warehouse in which
19:56they were
19:58smuggling
20:00electrical
20:02material
20:04illegally
20:06to
20:08Tashira.
20:10So,
20:12you can see
20:14that this
20:16is a warehouse
20:18in which
20:20they were
20:22smuggling
20:24electrical
20:26material
20:28illegally
20:30to
20:32Tashira.
20:34So,
20:36you can see
20:38that this
20:40is a warehouse
20:42in which
20:44they were
20:46smuggling
20:48electrical
20:50material
20:52illegally
20:54to
20:56Tashira.
20:58So,
21:00you can see
21:02that this
21:04is a warehouse
21:06in which
21:08they were
21:10smuggling
21:12electrical
21:14material
21:16illegally
21:18to
21:20Tashira.
21:22So,
21:24you can see
21:26that this
21:28is a warehouse
21:30in which
21:32they were
21:34smuggling
21:36electrical
21:38material
21:40illegally
21:42to
21:44Tashira.
21:46So,
21:48you can see
21:50that this
21:52is a warehouse
21:54in which
21:56they were
21:58smuggling
22:00electrical
22:02material
22:04illegally
22:06to
22:08Tashira.
22:10So,
22:12you can see
22:14that this
22:16is a warehouse
22:18in which
22:20they were
22:22smuggling
22:24electrical
22:26material
22:28illegally
22:30to
22:32Tashira.
22:34So,
22:36you can see
22:38that this
22:40is a warehouse
22:42in which
22:44they were
22:46smuggling
22:48electrical
22:50material
22:52illegally
22:54to
22:56Tashira.
22:58So,
23:00you can see
23:02that this
23:04is a warehouse
23:06in which
23:08they were
23:10smuggling
23:12electrical
23:14material
23:16illegally
23:18to
23:20Tashira.
23:22So,
23:24you can see
23:26that this
23:28is a warehouse
23:30in which
23:32they were
23:34smuggling
23:36electrical
23:38material
23:40illegally
23:42to
23:44Tashira.
23:46So,
23:48we achieved
23:50an extradition request
23:52against
23:54Jerso Isaac
23:56Guerrero Flores,
23:58brother of the
24:00gang leader
24:02Hector Guerrero,
24:04who
24:06is the head of
24:08an extinct criminal organization
24:10as Tren de Aragua
24:12that collided
24:14in all
24:16transnational
24:18corporations.
24:20But,
24:22if
24:24Tren de Aragua,
24:26they could say that Tren de Aragua
24:28could arrive to Pakistan
24:30in
24:32Washington, D.C.,
24:34you can walk
24:36through
24:38Washington, D.C.,
24:40and next
24:42the Tren de Aragua
24:44gang would be
24:46there on the capital.
24:48But, that's all pure lies.
24:50How can we
24:52explain all these
24:54contents
24:56lies?
24:58They want to
25:00place Venezuela in an
25:02unleashed state
25:04who is
25:06on the verge, on the edge
25:08of the law.
25:10But,
25:12so,
25:14to cause,
25:16they could never prove
25:18that Venezuela commits
25:20all these crimes.
25:22Regretfully,
25:24a
25:26Venezuelan citizen could
25:28commit a crime,
25:30but, well, it is
25:32regrettable
25:34that
25:36any
25:38incident could
25:40be
25:42placed to the Tren de Aragua
25:44gang.
25:46After
25:48the takeover of
25:50Tocoron,
25:52this gang was
25:54just manageable.
25:56I want to show
25:58this tradition request
26:00in a real time
26:02for the
26:04Spain Kingdom to deliver us
26:06this criminal.
26:08They have been
26:10arrested, their main
26:12leaders, they are just
26:14running away like rats.
26:16These are
26:18just the most wanted criminals
26:20and how come this
26:22Tren de Aragua gang
26:24could arrive to
26:26Moon, to Mars?
26:28It is not
26:30outstanding that the
26:32Tren de Aragua
26:34arrives to
26:36Moon, they just kidnapped
26:38ETs,
26:40they are asking for
26:42Mars, for everyone
26:44in Mars, because
26:46they just kidnapped a family
26:48of ETs. So, it is
26:50very disgusting, this
26:52campaign, and they
26:54just,
26:58some people
27:00just play this game,
27:02and some
27:04journalists play
27:06this game,
27:08becoming
27:10very
27:12terrorists,
27:14and they are
27:16just saying,
27:18poor guys were
27:20detained,
27:22they were found
27:24in their
27:26residence, many
27:28devices belonging to
27:30the state of Venezuela,
27:32and employees there
27:34were witnessing
27:36that they were robbing
27:38these materials,
27:40and so they
27:42appeared as
27:44sponsors of this
27:46violent group,
27:48and so they arrived,
27:50people without ethics,
27:52by
27:54saying that
27:56it is,
27:58well, it is a book of
28:00philosophy, and
28:02they read
28:04a poem in the square,
28:06and so that is why
28:08Albacete was detained.
28:10No, it is not like that,
28:12Albacete committed
28:14crimes, and in the United States,
28:16this person would be
28:18sentenced to a life
28:20sentence.
28:26We would not be surprised
28:28as the Trenderagua
28:30would be described
28:32as NGOs
28:34tomorrow.
28:36They could play forward,
28:38they knew
28:40that we
28:42requested
28:44the extradition
28:46of the brother of
28:48Nino Guerrero,
28:50and
28:52extinct organization
28:54arrived,
28:56came from
28:58Venezuela to
29:00beyond,
29:02traveled even
29:04to the moon. I want to say
29:06for those who don't believe,
29:08who said,
29:10as
29:12was the case of
29:14Alzheimer's, because
29:16the non-believers
29:18said, where is Alzheimer's?
29:22Is he in Libya?
29:24Is he in Qatar?
29:26And they
29:28are defending him.
29:30Where is he?
29:32Let's see the
29:34video
29:36of this tradition
29:38of
29:42Hector Guerrero's brother.
29:54As we could see,
29:56and I want to highlight
29:58the following,
30:00this detention
30:02is joined to others
30:04to the
30:06Great
30:08Gates
30:10Goswes
30:12Guerrero Flores.
30:14Another
30:16brother of
30:18Hector Guerrero,
30:20Nino Guerrero,
30:22and let's
30:24recall that the attack on this
30:26band was carried
30:28out in two phases.
30:30The first one consisted
30:32on the location of
30:34its leaders and the
30:36dismantling of this criminal
30:38organization. At that moment,
30:40there were
30:4267
30:44garrant
30:48arrests,
30:50and in
30:52the second stage,
30:54there was the
30:56takeover of
30:58Tocoron Prison
31:00in 2023,
31:02and we dismantled
31:04the
31:06financial
31:08structure of the band.
31:10There were
31:1427 seizures
31:16and
31:1816
31:20people
31:22were arrested,
31:24and
31:26there are
31:2856 people
31:30who
31:32weren't
31:34arrested,
31:36and I hope that
31:38Spain
31:40that Spain
31:42just
31:44draw attention
31:46to this
31:48nation
31:50and support
31:52the request of
31:54Venezuela.
31:56The court said
31:58that the assassin
32:00of Orlando Figuera
32:02couldn't come to Venezuela
32:04because they have to take care of
32:06their human rights there.
32:08What
32:10about the rights of Orlando Figuera
32:12who was burned alive?
32:14And we hope
32:16that these positive
32:18actions as happened
32:20today with the extradition of
32:22Nino
32:24Guerrero's brother occurred
32:26with these
32:28members of this band and
32:30with any other case
32:32we just requested.
32:34There's
32:36a foreign
32:38correspondent
32:40Adriana Cibore
32:42from Telesur in Uruguay
32:44will ask a question.
32:46Good afternoon, Attorney
32:48General. I
32:50just want to ask you this
32:52intention of Albacete
32:54has that
32:56he
32:58sabotaged the
33:00electrical system of Tachiri.
33:02Has a relation with
33:04the Colombian
33:06paramilitary
33:08were
33:10fighting
33:12against
33:14the life of
33:16President Maduro?
33:18Well, it's very interesting
33:20your question. You come from
33:22Uruguay?
33:24Okay, okay.
33:26Well,
33:28it's okay.
33:30It's okay. I'm interested
33:32in your question. I think that
33:34on the investigation line
33:36that the
33:38public ministry has been
33:40carried out,
33:42we are just working
33:44on that hypothesis.
33:46We don't deny that
33:48hypothesis because it's
33:50very
33:52impressive that these
33:54subjects that
33:56issued statements
33:58on July 4th
34:00and July 6th,
34:02they changed their names
34:04several times.
34:06According to
34:08a telematic
34:10meeting
34:12early in the morning with
34:14Colombian
34:16prosecutors, we
34:18agreed on that meeting that
34:20the director
34:22against the organized
34:24criminals
34:26in Venezuela
34:28and the director
34:30of the international affairs
34:32of Colombia, of the
34:34prosecutor's office in
34:36Colombia, we just
34:38need to coordinate the
34:40investigation lines,
34:42the ongoing investigation
34:44lines. We are just formalizing
34:46the delivery of
34:48a request of
34:50assistance
34:52implies an international
34:54cooperation in which we are
34:56going to investigate all these
34:58elements
35:00because of the
35:02claim that they have been doing,
35:04they just did.
35:06These
35:08Colombian preliminaries
35:10denounced that
35:12three people,
35:14three people
35:20from Venezuela
35:22nationalities,
35:24three people showed them some
35:26pictures, these people
35:28were pictured
35:30with the opposition leaders
35:32among
35:34other things they requested
35:36in exchange of
35:38a reward
35:40sabotaging the electrical
35:42national system
35:44particularly in the southern
35:46of, in the southern
35:48Tachira. We cannot
35:50dismiss anything because
35:52the
35:54Leon Albacete
35:56has relations with
35:58the far right,
36:00the Colombian far right
36:02and he is related
36:04to criminal activities
36:06in Colombia.
36:08Therefore, it is an investigation
36:10line that we are going to conduct
36:12through this
36:14cooperative
36:16assistance that has been
36:18just materializing
36:20within the
36:22two states, Colombia and
36:24Venezuela.
36:26Thank you very much.
36:46We were live to Venezuela
36:48listening to Attorney General
36:50Tarek William Saab, who disclosed preliminary
36:52evidence regarding the ongoing
36:54investigation into the far right
36:56terrorist attempts seeking to destabilize
36:58the peace of the country in the context
37:00of the electoral process. During
37:02his intervention, the high official revealed
37:04among other topics, the nickname
37:06and picture of one of the members of the
37:08criminal group, a.k.a. El Albacete
37:10and assured that the criminals
37:12planned to sabotage and steal raw materials
37:14from the national energy system
37:16and perform other actions to cause
37:18anger among the population ahead of the
37:20elections of next July 28th.
37:22This is all for the moment.
37:24Stay tuned.