Members of the Colombian paramilitary organization Autodefensas Conquistadoras de la Sierra hold the group's flag during the recording of a video. Photo: X/@ACSN129068.
The Colombian paramilitary organization Autodefensas Conquistadoras de la Sierra Nevada (ACSN) announced in a statement that its units in the department of La Guajira were contacted by extreme right groups from Venezuela, who asked the paramilitaries to carry out acts of violence to destabilize Venezuela before the upcoming presidential elections.
In the statement published on social media on Friday, July 5, the illegal armed group explained that the Venezuelan far-right interlocutors made various kinds of requests including “attacking the electrical infrastructure, attempting on the life of candidate President Nicolás Maduro, and infiltrating protests and generating chaos if he is reelected.”
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Las AUTODEFENSAS CONQUISTADORAS DE LA SIERRA, se permite informar a la opinión pública, nacional e internacional, que nuestras unidades en el departamento de la guajira han sido contactadas por grupos de extrema derecha de Venezuela, para… pic.twitter.com/AnbY0PI85c
— ACSN (@ACSN129068) July 5, 2024
Regarding these requests from the Venezuelan far right, the Autodefensas Conquistadoras de la Sierra Nevada stated, “Our organization does not get involved in the internal affairs of other countries; our organization’s purpose is to maintain order in the Sierra Nevada region of Colombia. We will contact the diplomatic authorities of Venezuela to provide them with details of the information disclosed in this statement.”
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The paramilitary group ACSN was initially known as Clan Pachenca. This derives from the pseudonym of its founder Jesús Aguirre Gallego, who in the paramilitary world was known as Chucho Mercancía or Chucho Pachenca.
Currently, the ACSN is involved in a protracted armed inter-gang struggle with the infamous drug-trafficking gang Clan del Golfo, which dates back to the early 2000s with the rise of Chucho Pachenca and the ACSN’s Oficina del Caribe.
Translation: Orinoco Tribune
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