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Venezuelan fishermen from the northwestern state of Falcón confessed to being more fearful of the socialist regime’s persecution than the U.S. military presence at sea, the outlet Runrunes reported Tuesday.
The fishermen explained to the outlet that members of the Bolivarian National Guard (GNB) have allegedly ransacked their equipment. Some of the fishermen were then detained and accused of being drug traffickers as part of a purported regime “crackdown” against drug trafficking in the area.
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Runrunes reported that – given its strategic location in the Caribbean Sea and its proximity to Aruba, Bonaire, and Curacao – Falcón has become a hub for drug trafficking, oil smuggling, and migrant trafficking. According to a 2020 report from the non-government organization Transparencia Venezuela, the area is the center of operations of the Paraguaná Cartel, a roughly 100-member coalition of three families whose over three decades-long drug trafficking operations are akin to that of a drug cartel. In a March 2025 report, Transparencia Venezuela detailed that Falcón is exploited by criminal organizations to transport drug shipments to Aruba and Curacao.
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The Venezuelan outlet stressed that, for communities along the Falconian coast, the persecution does not come from the U.S. government, as regime officials “are looking for culprits on Falconian soil. To this end, troops have been deployed along the entire coast in what they call Operation Cacique Manaure.”
“On the one hand, there is the deployment of the U.S. naval fleet in international waters in the Caribbean, near the Venezuelan coast. On the other hand, the presence of these ships has led to fictitious police and security procedures on land, with illegal searches, arbitrary detentions, and losses due to the seizure of work equipment at sea,” Runrunes wrote.
“The people of Las Cumaraguas are tired of so much abuse. Uniformed officers come at night to take away humble people and fishermen. People who live from day to day, from fishing, with the sole aim of taking their money,” a woman identified as “Endrina” told the outlet.
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The fishermen explained to the outlet that members of the Bolivarian National Guard (GNB) have allegedly ransacked their equipment. Some of the fishermen were then detained and accused of being drug traffickers as part of a purported regime “crackdown” against drug trafficking in the area.
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Runrunes reported that – given its strategic location in the Caribbean Sea and its proximity to Aruba, Bonaire, and Curacao – Falcón has become a hub for drug trafficking, oil smuggling, and migrant trafficking. According to a 2020 report from the non-government organization Transparencia Venezuela, the area is the center of operations of the Paraguaná Cartel, a roughly 100-member coalition of three families whose over three decades-long drug trafficking operations are akin to that of a drug cartel. In a March 2025 report, Transparencia Venezuela detailed that Falcón is exploited by criminal organizations to transport drug shipments to Aruba and Curacao.
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The Venezuelan outlet stressed that, for communities along the Falconian coast, the persecution does not come from the U.S. government, as regime officials “are looking for culprits on Falconian soil. To this end, troops have been deployed along the entire coast in what they call Operation Cacique Manaure.”
“On the one hand, there is the deployment of the U.S. naval fleet in international waters in the Caribbean, near the Venezuelan coast. On the other hand, the presence of these ships has led to fictitious police and security procedures on land, with illegal searches, arbitrary detentions, and losses due to the seizure of work equipment at sea,” Runrunes wrote.
“The people of Las Cumaraguas are tired of so much abuse. Uniformed officers come at night to take away humble people and fishermen. People who live from day to day, from fishing, with the sole aim of taking their money,” a woman identified as “Endrina” told the outlet.
Venezuelan Fishermen Say They Fear Socialists More than Trump
Venezuelan fishermen stated that they are more fearful of the socialist Maduro regime's persecution than the U.S. military presence at sea.
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