“The miners follow in the Caura”, affirmed to Alberto Rodriguez of the Indigenous Organization Kuyujani, whom he denounced how the military “collaborate” in the fuel contraband and the illegal mining.

Carolina Maffia
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Rodriguez: “ Only was two weeks of unemployment ”

In these last days, the presence of the illegal mining in those areas of the Sucre municipality has been increased of considerable way, registering a new incursion of 200 miners, distributed in 20 groups of 10, with hydraulic equipment of power.

Thus the president of Kuyujani denounced, Alberto Rodriguez, who next to Jose Poyo, indigenous deputy before the National Assembly and president of the Indigenous Parliament of America, they alerted that the mining activity in the Caura is not prisoner, in spite of the evacuation actions who the national authorities have assured, has been applied in defense of this reserve of biodiversity of the state Bolivar, in whom 29 hectares have been devastated than, affecting more rivers and sewers in Yuruani.

“The miners follow in the Caura”, affirmed Rodriguez, who presented/displayed this denunciation to the indigenous parliamentarian, when limiting how the miners follow “tailwind” with the auriferous extraction to the detriment of the atmosphere, contravening the objectives of the Caura Plan as far as safeguard and protecting what until it was yesterday the last pristine zone in the country.

Military “accomplices”
With all responsibility, Rodriguez said, that “only there were two weeks of unemployment since the Caura Plan began, but already initiated his activities of mining”. They affirm that this happens in complicity with civil servants of the Bolivariana Armed Forces of Venezuela, who receive a vaccine to allow the fuel entrance reason why they have certain culpability in ecocidio.

The representative of the 53 communities of the ethnic groups Sanema and Yekwana denied to the authorities of the Caura Plan and asked will verify the invasion of illegal miners in the considered river basin natural reserve. “Been he has been gradually increasing for weeks back the traffic of fuel, that is brought from the town of Mapire to the Playón, where they contract Sanema natives to do the transfer of load taking advantage his needs”.

Rodriguez mentioned that the miners stay in Yuruani, in the sewers of Pijiguaos and Rantroje, and that “the military in the control post located in Salto For have failed to fulfill their functions as she establishes the Caura Plan”. He said that “simply he sees himself that there is act of corruption on the part of the Army, we do not see another explanation”.

Investigation

The indigenous deputy, Jose Poyo, affirmed that they are combat-ready permanent combat-ready, and asked to the military agencies to investigate the presumed complicity of cash in the fuel contraband and other facts. In addition, he added that they are proposed to activate the Defense front of the Caura.

Poyo, was useful to present/display its candidacy to the re-election with support of the Indigenous Council Kariña (Coinka), and to indicate its endorsement to all the candidates to the National Assembly of the PSUV, as well as to the rupture of the diplomatic relations between Venezuela and Colombia.