Venezuela evicts more than 14,000 illegal miners from Yapacana Park
From the top of Yapacana Hill, in Amazonas State, the Bolivarian National Armed Forces (FANB) carried out the order of Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro to free Yapacana National Park from illegal mining. teleSUR
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00:00 In Venezuela, the Bolivarian National Armed Forces completed Operation Autana 2023,
00:05 with the eviction of over 14,000 illegal minors from the Chapacana National Park in the Amazon State.
00:11 The information was released by the Strategic Operations Commander of the Bolivarian National Armed Forces,
00:16 General-in-Chief Domingo Hernández Ládez, who detailed that over 25,000 men and women of the army
00:23 were deployed on Tepui, Chapacana and its slopes to complete the task of removing the illegal minors.
00:30 The high official specified that the uniformed men and women remain in charge of safeguarding and protecting environmental rights.
00:37 Finally, Hernández addressed President Nicolás Maduro, informing that Chapacana National Park was declared territory free of illegal mining.