Venezuelan Air Force Captain Arrested for Espionage – Bribed by Colombian State (Sukhoi-30MK2)
This Monday February 22, Venezuelan Minister for Defense General Vladimir Padrino López reported via Twitter that, following intelligence work, a captain in active reserve was arrested for attempting to obtain information from the strategic platform SUKHOI- 30MK2 of the Bolivarian Military Aviation (AMB), data that would have been provided to an official assigned to the National Intelligence Directorate of Colombia.
The captain in active reserve is Ronald Marrero Lozano, already being held and investigated by Venezuelan authorities.
¡En la FANB no hay espacios para la traición! Gracias a la pronta y diligente denuncia de los soldados patriotas, se detuvo al Capitán en reserva activa Ronald Marrero Lozano, C.I. 17198309, intentando obtener información de la plataforma estratégica SUKHOI-30 MK2 de la AMB.(1/3) pic.twitter.com/g6tMtazn0G
— Vladimir Padrino L. (@vladimirpadrino) February 22, 2021
General Padrino López asserted that Marrero had been bribed with a thousand dollars per week by a member of the Colombian National Intelligence Directorate using the alias “Andrés,” with whom Marrero “communicated through the subscriber +573219500962. Ronald Marrero is providing all the detailed information.”
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Este felón fue captado, mediante soborno ($1000 semanales) por Alías Andrés, perteneciente a la Dirección Nacional de Inteligencia Colombiana, con quien se comunicaba a través del abonado +573219500962. El traidor Ronald Marrero está aportando toda la información al detalle (2/3) pic.twitter.com/iGYT7DHsXK
— Vladimir Padrino L. (@vladimirpadrino) February 22, 2021
The Defense Minister denounced this action by the Colombian government, directly “supported by the CIA,” which “persists in its hostile attitude against Venezuela, systematically attacking our sovereignty.”
Featured image: Venezuelan pilot in SUKHOI-30 MK2 (Photo: Boris Castellano).
Translation: Orinoco Tribune
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