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-- Shield Plan In order to reinforce the fight against drug trafficking, the Bolivarian National Armed Force (FANB) will deploy 15,000 troops to the Colombian Venezuelan border through an initiative called the Shield Pan. The Head of Strategic Command of the FANB, Major General Henry Rangel Silva, explained on 2 November 2010 that this operation will strengthen Operation Sentinel, a larger operation intending to strengthen security. The Shield Plan will reinforce constant patrolling on the border and will work to combat violence, drug trafficking, kidnapping, and extortion, along with food, weapons, and fuel smuggling. The Major General said that approximately 3,800 troops will go to the State of Tachira, where new checkpoints will be set up. Additionally, some troops will be sent to monitor the more navigable rivers used by organized crime groups. Silva also said that the 25th Caribbean Brigade, located in La Fría, in the municipality of García de Hevia, received three armored vehicles and guns that will enable greater mobility and protection of the border. The Major General also stressed that this operation was undertaken to protect Venezuelan sovereignty. The Shield Plan is part of Operation Sentinel, which extends from Castilletes (in the northwest, Zuila State), to San Simon del Cocuy (in the southwest, Amazonas State). According to Major General Fredey Alonso Carrion, Operation Sentinel will be extended indefinitely and will include three infantry brigades from the Army and one from the Navy, along with a special operation battalion also from the Army, known as the Anti-Extortion and Kidnapping Special Action Group. [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] ------------------------------------ -------------------------- Want to discuss this topic? Head on over to our discussion list, [email protected]. -------------------------- Brooks Isoldi, editor [email protected] http://www.intellnet.org Post message: [email protected] Subscribe: [email protected] Unsubscribe: [email protected] *** FAIR USE NOTICE. This message contains copyrighted material whose use has not been specifically authorized by the copyright owner. OSINT, as a part of The Intelligence Network, is making it available without profit to OSINT YahooGroups members who have expressed a prior interest in receiving the included information in their efforts to advance the understanding of intelligence and law enforcement organizations, their activities, methods, techniques, human rights, civil liberties, social justice and other intelligence related issues, for non-profit research and educational purposes only. We believe that this constitutes a 'fair use' of the copyrighted material as provided for in section 107 of the U.S. Copyright Law. If you wish to use this copyrighted material for purposes of your own that go beyond 'fair use,' you must obtain permission from the copyright owner. For more information go to: http://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/17/107.shtmlYahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/osint/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/osint/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: [email protected] [email protected] <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [email protected] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
