TO5 directs operating against illegal mining in Bolivar
Caracas, Thursday 14 2008
SAILÚ URRIBARRÍ NÚÑEZ
SPECIAL FOR UNIVERSAL
Ciudad Bolivar .- With intelligence work deployed in the mining areas of the Gran Sabana and El Manteco, the establishment of a fixed point of control in the Caura River Basin and the military presence in La Paragua, the military authorities extend and reinforce the fight against mining in Bolivar state.
The head of the Theater of Operations number 5 (TO5), Jose Gregorio Montilla Pantoja, reported that 15 uniformed held in the town of El Chiguao to perform reconnaissance, although they were already blocked access by air and land to rise .
Montilla said that work currently under way in areas where intelligence reports on alleged mobilization of illegal miners and added that it is believed that the alleged transfer of miners affected Caura watershed.
He also noted that the removal of mines The Chiguao, Granzón and San Pedro ended with the deactivation of 4 tracks clandestine 61 hydraulic monitor, 618 ranches, 31 washers mining industry, 12,483 metres of high pressure hoses, 17 petty corruption, 8 power plants, confiscation of 86 drums for fuel storage and disposal of 632 people, 338 of them undocumented.
