A group of miners complained that some people were assaulted by the military personnel of the Venezuelan Army, in addition to having their homes demolished and burned Ciudad Bolivar .- A group of people engaging in mining in the area "Chiguao" located in the town of Bolivar state Raul Leoni, claimed that he was subjected to physical assaults by troops assigned to the Theater of Operations Number 5 (TO5), but their homes were demolished and burned. Therefore commented that such events violate their human rights and the right to private property, that the military action being carried for four days without any contemplation.
The spokesman for the miners who is known here as "Stab," said that four years working mining in the area and reported that "The biggest Venezuelan Army, Francisco Guzman, who is in charge of operations in eviction The mine Chiguao, is ensañando with small miners, because a person who nicknamed "The Turkish Jhonny" and who allegedly has the granting of mining in the area it is paying a high amount of money for us to leave " .

Likewise said they have understood that all mining concessions for work are suspended, apparently on the instructions of President of the Republic, Hugo Rafael Chavez Frias, which stressed that "if we have to leave mine," The Turkish Jhonny "should vacate the area and draw all their machines, otherwise remain here," he noted.

Moreover, the spokesman of the group of miners said that Major Guzman put C-4 explosive last day Wednesday at his welding machine and destroyed it without any word, in turn said that "effective military orders Largest were introduced in the cellar of the merchant Luis The Agüero, "also arrested this person and his concubine for reasons that are still unknown, was subsequently taken detained and taken to the headquarters of the Theater of Operations Number 5 in Ciudad Bolivar then the high military commander distributed the goods business worth about 200 million bolivars; also ordered fire to the houses and demolished by the soldiers.

Losses millionaires

In another vein, the group of mining said that losses from such action last year in the month of December were located at about 900 billion bolivars, while assume that the damage caused by the Army at this time exceeds that figure because on this occasion destroyed around 20 machines which are valued at about 100 million each. For this reason believe that such actions violate human rights and the right to private ownership of about 800 to 1000 people working exploitation of the material in the gold mine "and Chiguao The Granzón."

With respect to aggression towards people said that he is aware that some of the four women who were not revealed further details were assaulted by the military.

He also recounted a spokesman for the miners that there are around 100 troops deployed day and night for the area; what they see as an exabrupto, since the inhabitants of "The Chigua are peaceful people and reject the use of violence.

They denounced corruption

The group of miners complained that there is a huge corruption, it is linked to the smuggling of fuel entering the mining sectors, which made the biggest, Guzman was aware of this because "He knows that the fuel enters the mine is transported by air from the population of La Paragua, in the municipality Raul Leoni. This means that if the airport of the population is taken by appointed officials TO5, as explained diesel leaving the airport. This then leads us to presume that the same people are to charge large sums of money, those who work the mining industries to carry out smuggling of diesel oil into the mines, not only of El Chiguao, but also to other places working mining. "

The Chairman of the CNDDH took "Chiguao"

Dr. Rafael Becerra, chairman of the National Defense Commission for Human Rights, traveled with a group of journalists from different media regional mines "Chiguao", that the purpose of the note itself living situation inhabitants of this area, and that his office would have arrived several complaints that the place Six miners were killed and four others reportedly wounded, proceeds from an armed onslaught by the military troops.

It is good to emphasize that while trying to land in the affected population never arrived at our destination because officials of the military component destroyed the runway arguing that it is not legally registered, then confirm the allegation that Dr. Rafael Becerra, after talks with the Venezuelan Army largest Francisco Guzman on the runway of San Pedro, which is located several hours of the people involved and where they would be conducting flights for the eviction of those who are in the area.

Once there on the track of St. Peter, Dr. Becerra, proceeded to meet with several people on the site, people who were evicted from their homes by the army, in order to verify whether the allegations that came to his office were real, but these were categorically denied by the inhabitants, who said: "At no time have been assaulted by the men in uniform, is a total lie, so that there are six people dead and four wounded unlike other reality is we are evicting our homes giving us a solution, we do not know where to go, much less where we are going to sleep. "

Dr. Becerra also said: "I have maintained contact with the commander of the Theater of Operations Number 5, General Montilla Pantoja, under allegations that through direct that made me get some of the miners affected by the actions of our officials of the Armed Forces ". In turn emphasized the arrest of 17 people this last Wednesday by soldiers, who were put to the order of the public prosecutor's office in environmental competition and the same were issued an interim measure to ban, to carry out mining duration of the process criminal that they are still against them.

She complained also that the cause of the arrest of 17 miners is essentially based on a warrant issued by a court ordering through a decree the destruction of the machinery, inputs and engines; found in a state of activity in the inherent practicing illegal mining. For this reason he said that this lawlessness is relative because there is a specific explanation of how to enter the mines fuel, if the airports are custodiándolos military, which leads us to think that the allegation made by the mining on corruption is a reality.

They speak affected

Sun Valley Nevis one of the people affected by the military operations in the mine "Chiguao" and who served as palera said, "We are evicting and tumbando all houses claiming that we are illegal and that" Turkish "is legal, so we have to go to the mine and we are not giving any solution to go where. He clarified that at no time had been mistreated by the military and that there are still at least 500 people passing through the same situation including some children. "

Another of the affected Hector Castillo said that the military took complete communications of people and left incommunicado, denied also that "Turkish" is legal because the mine is working mining since 1993 and since then have not been granted concessions for the exploitation of working materials gold. Likewise Castillo said that "Turkish" spent many millions of bolivars to get them out of the area as is.

A third respondent who said Ilma called Gonzalez who has more than 25 years working in the area of eviction, also said that no one has been physically abused by the military, which on the contrary she and her husband were treated kindly, but they said they had to go and who are illegally there.

An agreement was reached

At the end of the day Dr. Rafael Becerra, Chairman of the National Defense Commission for Human Rights, announced that during the conversation with the largest Army Francisco Guzman on the site of events, an agreement was reached where undertake first to apply established procedures to the drivers who are actively work of illegal mining, secondly agreed at the seals put security engines that were inactive and which officials were responsible for TO5 Guard and custody of the same, third agreement was reached to implement a planned evacuation plan for the eviction of miners, mining and children to warrant taking the necessary forecasts from every point of view, one of the agreements priority was the evacuation of the older senior citizens and all people who suffer some illness, the latest agreement reached during the talks was the stoppage of the engine and destruction of houses that are adjacent to the runway.

Maintain a report to Miban and President of the Republic

Finally Dr. Becerra said that attention should be drawn to the large environmental impact seen in the area either side of the concessions as illegal mining, which will come with a well-prepared report to the Minister of People's Power for Basic Industries and Mining ( Mibam), which sets out four levels: The first implementation of the humanitarian aid intended by the government to this group of people which is set to the conversion of mining, and has never come.

The second level planned evacuation of miners which is part of the restructuring of the mining law.

The third level, and one of the most important, is the insertion of this group of people in social projects, so that they can still get the money to buy inputs to support his family.

The fourth proposal in parallel with the third is the location of the miners in the fields to work permisados mining zones established and where they will be regulated, organized, legalized and controlled; this because of the high leakage of foreign exchange for the work of mining are illegal.