VENEZUELA SECURITY FORCES ARREST BANDERA ROJA LEADER, 15 OTHERS FOR SUBVERSION IN SEPARATE RAIDS

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP08C01297R000700030087-9
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: C
• Document Page Count: 2
• Document Creation Date: December 23, 2016
• Document Release Date: September 25, 2012
• Sequence Number: 87
• Publication Date: April 15, 1983
• Content Type: CABLE

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SUBJ:fVENEZUELA SECURITY-FORCES-ARREST-BANDERA'ROJA
LEADER, 15 OTHERS FOR SUBVERSION IN SEPARATE RAIDS
1. (UN) VENEZUELAN_MEDIA'APRIL 15 REPORTED THE CAPTURE
OF ASDRUBAL CORDERO WHO ALLEGEDLY IS THE'NATIONAL LEADER
OF THE BANDERA ROJA'TERRORIST ORGANIZATION. HE WAS
APPREHENDED BY GOVERNMENT SECURITY RITY FORCES SOMEWHERE -M
WESTERN' VENEZUELA, ALONG WITH A CACHE OF WEAPONS AND-"-'
DOCUMENTS INDICATING PLANS FOR JOINT V_ENEZULEAN-COLOMBIAN;
GUERRILLA OPERATIONS IN-BORDER AREA. CORDERO REPORTEDLY
WAS TO BE MOVED IMMEDIATELY TO SAN CARLOS MAXIMUM SECURITY
PRISON IN CARACAS.
2. (UN) IN ANOTHER OPERATION ANNOUNCED AT A DISIP PRESS
CONFERENCE APRIL 14, 15 PRESUMED MEMBERS OF BANDERA ROJA
AND TWO OTHER SUBVERSIVE GROUPS, GRUPO DE COMMANDOS
REVOLUCIONARIOS AND MOVIMIENTO DE TRABAJADORES
C O N F I
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REVOLUCIONARIOS, WERE ARRESTED (NO DATE GIVEN), AND A
CACHE OF WEAPONS, AMMUNITION AND EXPLOSIVES WERE ALSO
SEIZED.AT THEIR HEADQUARTERS IN THE "23RD OF JANUARY"
NEIGHBORHOOD IN CARACAS (CENTER OF SEVERAL VIOLENT
DISTURBANCES IN THE LAST FEW MONTHS). DISIP SPOKESMAN
SAID THAT THE ARRESTED HAD BEEN IDENTIFIED THROUGH
PHOTOS TAKEN DURING THE RECENT VIOLENT DISTURBANCES AT
THE VENEZUELAN CENTRAL UNIVERSITY (REFTEL). ALL OF THE
FIFTEEN HAVE PRIOR ARREST RECORDS; ONLY ONE IS SAID
TO BE A UCV STUDENT.
3. (CO) COMMENT: THE DOUBLE ROUNDUP OF ULTRA-LEFTIST
SUBVERSIVES DEMONSTRATES HOW. EFFECTIVE VENEZUELAN
SECURITY FORCES HAVE BEEN IN.PENETRATING THE SMALL
RADICAL GROUPS OPERATING IN THE COUNTRY. VENEZUELAN
SECURITY FORCE OPERATIONS DECIMATED SUBVERSIVE
STRONGHOLDS IN-EASTERN VENEZUELA LAST OCTOBER, AND
THEY NOW SEEM TO BE FOCUSING ON WHAT REMAINS OF THESE
ORGANIZATIONS IN THE. CENTRAL AND WESTERN PARTS OF THE
COUNTRY. LANDAU
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