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to foresee and plan action that subordinate units must take.584 The plan outlines a chain of
command, under which the CEOFANB appoints a liaison officer to coordinate with the REDI
and the Ministries of the People’s Power.585 The REDI activating the Plan shall designate a
senior officer to liaise with the CEOFANB to coordinate support.586
232. The Mission was able to access one regional plan developed from the Plan Zamora
matrix, the “Fragmentary Order of the Plan Zamora” of the ZODI No. 22, Mérida”. 587 The
plan was issued in January 2019, indicating that the Plan Zamora continued to be
implemented at least through early 2019. The Fragmentary Order outlines the strategy for
military and police presence during the February 2019 protests in Mérida state. 588 More on
this and other plans implemented in the context of protests are discussed in Chapter V on
Violations in the Context of Protests.
233. The Anti-Coup Commands: There are few publicly available details on how the
Anti-Coup Commands operate. President Maduro has said that the structure is under his
responsibility, and commands exist at the regional level within each of the eight REDIs, with
participation of the military and police.589 He stated that the commandos would “dedicate 24
hours a day to take preventive, legal and corrective measures against all coup supporters and
terrorists within the country”.590 The command was set up to put in place preventive strategies
“to punish all of the intents to destabilize Venezuela”.591 The Government has activated these
commands on various occasions since 2013.592 In President Maduro’s activation of the anticoup commando in 2017, he referred to the National Assembly as a gang and accused it of
promoting a coup d’état.593
234. Plan Patria Segura/Carabobo 2021: In a January 2017 televised statement,
President Maduro relaunched Plan Patria Segura. He described six lines of strategic action to
combat insecurity throughout the country.594 This was specifically described as coordinated
action between State military forces and popular (citizen) security groups. The President
announced that Vice President Tareck Al Aissami would be spearheading and coordinating
these actions.595 Among the six strategic action lines were 596 the installation of patrols in
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Plan Zamora, p. 16.
Ibid.
Orden de fragmentaria de la orden de Operaciones Zamora para el mantenimiento, control y
restablecimiento del orden público ZODI No. 22, Mérida, January 2019. Fragmentary orders
(FRAGOs) provide “timely changes to existing orders to subordinate and supporting commanders
while providing notification to higher and adjacent commands. […] The FRAGO differs from an
[Operations Order] only in the degree of detail provided. It refers to previous orders and provides
brief and specific instructions.” See: US Department of the Army, Field Manual No. 101-5: Staff
organization and operations, p. H3, 31 May 1997, available at:
https://www.globalsecurity.org/military/library/policy/army/fm/101-5/f540.pdf
Ibid., p. 3.
See YouTube Video, VideoNoticias Venezuela, Nicolás Maduro anunció la creación de un Comando
Especial Antigolpe, 8 January 2017, available at: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2sUrqxfa4dg.
Ibid.
See YouTube Video, Luigino Bracci Roa, Presidente venezolano juramenta Comando Nacional
Antigolpe, acto complete, 10 January 2017, minute 51:00, available at:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SDonipmdw4s.
See TeleSUR tv, Reactivará Nicolás Maduro Comando Antigolpe contra sectores de derecho, 26
October 2013, available at: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YrZ9n3Bvf3g; See also Voice of
America, Venezuela: Maduro crea “Comando Antigolpe”, 11 January 2017, available at:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h5EWqT68i-I&t=2s; La Patilla, Maduro anuncia más represión
por parte del Comando Antigolpe, 21 March 2017, available at:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SZ-97COkUDE.
Ibid.
See YouTube Video, Luigino Bracci Roa, Cadena completa: Nicolás Maduro activa seis líneas para
combatir la inseguridad, 18 January 2017, minute 20:30, available at:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9ZIia4O6X60.
Ibid., minute 27:15.
Ibid., the expansion of sports and cultural activities (minute 30:00); The presence of all police patrols
on the streets, in coordination with the FANB, the REDI and the ZODI, in accordance with the
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