President Ramotar notified about “alleged” Venezuelan altercation with Guyanese

Jun 29, 2014 News

Head of State President Donald Ramotar said yesterday that he is aware of an incident where members of the Venezuelan Army are accused of “beating” several civilian Guyanese at a landing in the Amakura, North West District.
This is a location that is near the border Guyana shares with Venezuela.
According to the President he knows that the security forces are on it, and definitely looking into the matter. Ramotar noted that he is currently waiting on more definitive word from the security forces, thus he could not divulge more on the issue.
Foreign Affairs Minister Carolyn Rodriquez- Birkett and Elizabeth Harper, Director General Ministry of Foreign Affairs Guyana could not be reached for comment.
It has been reported that there was an altercation between Venezuelan soldiers and a number of Guyanese civilians.
According to reports, the incident occurred on Friday at “Bruk Up Falls” located on the Guyana side of the bordering Amakura River, which is approximately six hours from the farming community of Yarakita in the North West District.
Kaieteur News understands that the Guyanese were held captive at the Tucupita Delta on the Venezuelan side after being taken there by the Venezuelan soldiers.
The Guyanese were suspected to be trading in gold and other material with the Venezuelans when a batch of rogue soldiers descended on them.
Back in September of 2013, there was cause by the Guyana Defence Force to launch a probe to determine whether its soldiers guarding a border base at Eteringbang, erred in allowing a group of Venezuelans, to enter Guyana in somewhat strange circumstances on August 31, 2013.
The group, called “My Map of Venezuela also includes Our Essequibo”, reportedly came to “carry out a civil exercise of sovereignty”.
The group was accompanied by armed members of the Venezuela Army, according to El Universal, a newspaper in that neighbouring Spanish-speaking country.
While there was no explanation on what exactly the exercise involved, online Wikipedia explains that sovereignty is the quality of having independent authority over a geographic area, such as a territory.
The visit is now being seen as an act of provocation by certain fringe groups in Venezuela to embarrass President Nicolas Maduro who came to visit Guyana on state business the same day.
Venezuela is claiming a large swath of Essequibo. The issue has been rearing its head from time to time but took backseat under the administration of Venezuela’s former President Hugo Chavez.
Chavez, who died earlier this year, had agreed to have the matter settled by a UN Good Office process.

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