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conspiracies increased, the number of acts of counter-intelligence operations against them
also increased. The number of operations or coup d’états alleged by high-level Government
officers grew from 3 between 2014 and 2016, to at least 16 between 2017 and 2020. This is
in addition to other cases of alleged military conspiracies outside of the framework of a
specific operation.
258. The Mission has compiled the following non-exhaustive list of 19 operations that
State representatives have alleged have taken place against the Maduro Government since
2014:
Table 4:
Alleged operations and people detained
Number of individuals arrested,
number of individuals that are still
detained and charges presented660
Date and Name
Name / Reference
Description of alleged operation
1.
March-May 2014
Operation Jerico
Several senior military officers, mostly from
the aviation sector, accused of conspiracy661
11 arrested, 6 still detained.
Charges include instigation to
rebellion, breach of military
decorum
2.
February 2015
Operation Golpe
Azul
(Caracas)
Alleged plan to attack Miraflores Palace or
other commemorative events in which
President Maduro took part662
8 arrested, 3 still detained
including 2 having served their
sentence.663 Charges include
instigation to rebellion, breach of
military decorum
3.
November 2015
Golpe Fenix
A group of Captains attended a meeting at
the Military Academy theatre, arrested for
alleged Conspiracy664
3 arrested, 2 still detained under
charges of instigation to rebellion
4.
January 2017
Raul Baduel Case
(Caracas)
Alleged conspiracy lead by retired General
Raúl Baduel to assassinate President
Maduro, Diosdado Cabello, Freddy Bernal,
the directors of SEBIN and FAES, the
Minister of the Interior Néstor Reverol as
part of a coup, with the support of the
“radical right” in Colombia665
10 arrested, 8 still detained.
Charges include rebellion,
treason and violation of the
integrity, independence and
freedom of the nation
5.
March 2017
Copei Case/Escudo
Zamorano
(Caracas)
Alleged coup d’état led by the opposition
against the Government of President
Maduro, with the support of military
officers666
3 arrested, 1 still detained, 1
escaped. Charges include
instigation to rebellion and
treason
660
661
662
663
664
665
666
70
Numbers shared by the Foro Penal on file with the Mission, the numbers do not include individuals
with alternative measures to detention.
Associated Press, Maduro informa arresto de tres generals, available at:
https://news.yahoo.com/maduro-informa-arresto-tres-generales-180210228.html.
YouTube Video, teleSURtv. Diosdado Cabello difunde pruebas sobre intento de Golpe en Venezuela,
13 February 2015, available at: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7mZIaTmUr4o; YouTube Video,
Últimas Noticias, Nombres de los militares involucrados en la “Operación Jericó”, 12 February 2015,
available at: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RqxUh12Ctus
Case of Luis Hernando Lugo Calderon and Petter Alexander Moreno Guevara.
YouTube Video, TVV- lo que dijo la esposa de militar venezolano, acusado de ser cabecilla del golpe
fénix, 30 September 2016, available at: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1d8aitF28-4
YouTube Video, Luigino Bracci Roa - Situación en Venezuela. Néstor Reverol sobre detenciones de
Gilber Caro, Raúl Isaías Baduel, Jorge Luis González. 12 January 2017, minute 12:50, available
at: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M8-VCup18sM
YouTube Video, Luigino Bracci Roa – Situación en Venezuela, Plan de golpe de Estado develado en
Con el Mazo Dando, 5 April 2017, available at: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fvkG1DyEmu8.
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