42 aircraft linked to drug trafficking neutralized this year

Caracas.- The Strategic Operational Commander of the Bolivarian National Armed Forces (Ceofanb), Domingo Hernández Lárez, reported that 42 aircraft have been disabled in 2022 for violating the Control Law for the Comprehensive Defense of Venezuelan Airspace.

During the year 2022 the #FANB in the exercise of the Defense, Sovereignty and Integrity of the Nation, has disabled 42 aircraft for violating the Control Law for the Integral Defense of the Airspace, using Aerospace Power and combat URRA through the @CODAI_FANB in the SDT. pic.twitter.com/2nOcF8msmv

—G.J. Domingo Hernandez Larez (@dhernandezlarez) December 24, 2022

Through his Twitter account, Lárez reported that during 2022 they maintained the permanent deployment to disable 118 clandestine runways that were used by “transnational terrorist groups as an airlift to extract illegal mining and drug trafficking.”

During the year 2022 #FANB in permanent deployment in the exercise of National Sovereignty, it managed to disable 118 clandestine airstrips used by transnational terrorist groups as an airlift to extract illegal mining and drug trafficking through our territory. pic.twitter.com/5KpVkE9kGc

—G.J. Domingo Hernandez Larez (@dhernandezlarez) December 23, 2022