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The governor of Sucre state, Edwin Rojas, reported through his social networks that this Wednesday 5 bodies were found related to the Güiria tragedy. Photo: Courtesy

Overload Caused Guiria Shipwreck According to Investigations

December 25, 2020December 25, 2020 orinocotribune Carmen Melendez, guiria, human trafficking, Shipwreck, tragedy, Trinidad and Tobago

Venezuelan Ministry for Interior Relations, Justice and Peace, through an official statement, reported the official results of the investigations carried

The president of Venezuela, Nicolás Maduro (right) shakes hands with the person in charge of security matters in the Caribbean Community (Caricom), Keith Rowley.

Central America and the Caribbean Latin America and ALBA-TCP News

What is Behind the Attacks by the OAS and the Venezuelan Opposition on Trinidad and Tobago? (Güiria Tragedy)

December 20, 2020December 20, 2020 orinocotribune Caricom, David Smolansky, guiria, julio borges, Keith Rowley, Luis Almagro, oas, tragedy, Trinidad and Tobago, Venezuela

The position assumed by the Government of Trinidad and Tobago in the face of the self-proclaimed “president in charge” of

The journey from Güiria to the island of Trinidad is full of dangers, especially in the precarious boats used by human trafficking gangs. (Photo: GETTY IMAGES, via BBC Mundo).

News Security and Defense

Güiria Tragedy: Death Toll Rises to 28 With 11 Arrest Orders Including 7 Soldiers

December 17, 2020December 18, 2020 orinocotribune Brayan Chirino Velázquez, Captain Eliud Betancourt Cova, Darvel Zacarías Porqueme, Frannel Moreno Bolaños, GNB, guiria, human trafficking, Leonel Bonillo Marcano, Luis Martínez, Mario Cortesía Ramos, Neomar Sifontes Guerra, sucre state, Tarek William Saab, tragedy, Trinidad and Tobago, Venezuela

Luis Martínez, owner of the boat, lost two children in this tragedy. He was previously detained by GNB on December

Featured image: View of the port of the city of Güiria, Sucre state, from where the ship that wrecked left (Photo: Federico Parra / AFP).

Opinion Politics

The Tragedy of Güiria as a Spectacle of Death

December 16, 2020 orinocotribune anti-chavismo, Guaido, guiria, human trafficking, popular consultation fiasco, profiting from death, tragedy, Venezuela

By Augusto Marquez, December 14 Leaving aside the individual histories of each one, the most painful deaths are those marked

News Security and Defense

Ombudsman’s Office: Authorities Must Multiply Efforts Against Human Trafficking (Güiria Tragedy)

December 16, 2020 orinocotribune guiria, human trafficking, Migration, Ombudsman's Office, Venezuela, Zoraice Rondon

“We urge the authorities of the relevant security forces to continue investigating the causes that originated this terrible tragedy and

News Security and Defense

Venezuela Arrests Owner of Boat Shipwrecked Between Güiria and Trinidad Causing 21 Deaths

December 15, 2020 orinocotribune Alberto del Valle Abreu Cedeno, guiria, human trafficking, Luis Ali Martinez, migrants, Tarek William Saab, tragedy, Venezuela

This Monday the National Executive of the Ministry of Popular Power for Internal Relations, Justice and Peace reported the arrest

A man walks past wooden boats in the bay of Rio Caribe a town near caribbean islands, in the eastern state of Sucre, Venezuela October 29, 2015. REUTERS/Carlos Garcia Rawlins

News Security and Defense

Eleven Corpses Found on the Coast of Güiria by Venezuelan Coast Guard – Official Communique (#naufragosdeguiria)

December 14, 2020 orinocotribune criminal bands, FANB, guiria, migrants, Sereta, smuggling, tragedy, Trinidad and Tobago, Venezuela

Eleven bodies were found in a boat near Güiria (state of Sucre), according to reports from the Autonomous Institute of