The leader of the armed thugs known as “colectivos” in Venezuela touted the state’s “monopoly on arms” as a tool for keeping the population “calm.” The colectivos serve Maduro as his enforcers with guns that intimidate, and when necessary, kill any political opposition among the population.
The National Rifle Association couldn’t have written a better commercial for those who may be agnostic on gun ownership in America as to why firearms in the hands of everyday people is a necessity to counter dictators and tyrants.
Venezuela’s Interior Minister Diosdado Cabello runs the colectivos. The US has put a $25 million bounty on his head. Undeterred, he’s bragged on video about the disarmed state of the people in Venezuela, that he says is, “contributing to the calm.”
Michael Welling shares more on the colectivos.
The American Thinker has more…
Venezuela’s top thug unwittingly writes an NRA ad for the Second Amendment
If you haven’t heard of Diosdado Cabello, Venezuela’s detested interior minister who commands an army of motorcycle goons, and who has a $25 million reward on his head, second only to former dictator Nicolás Maduro, now’s a good time to get a whiff of what he’s about.
He actually said this on Venezuelan state television, with his motorcycle goons all around him…
ÚLTIMA HORA | Diosdado Cabello: “El país está tranquilo porque el monopolio de las armas en Venezuela lo tiene el Estado”.
BREAKING NEWS | Diosdado Cabello: “The country is calm because the monopoly on arms in Venezuela is held by the State”. “Holding the position of arms has allowed us the control so that no group or anyone can claim acts of violence”
Except for him, of course. His violent goon squads and death squads hunt down and kill anyone who dissents with the regime. They also deal drugs as the country’s biggest drug lords, closely affiliated with Colombia’s FARC and ELN Marxist narcoterrorists. The United Nations has put out entire reports about his death squad regime. And no surprise, in 2017, he sent out hit squads to take out then-Sen. Marco Rubio.
He’s an ogre who lives by his state gun monopoly, borne of a disarmed population.
The Chavistas outlawed private gun ownership back in 1990. They claimed at the time that the gun grab was intended to “improve security and cut crime.” But they knew that the only way of controlling the populace and ensuring no one could challenge their power was to make sure that only the state was armed. Same as it ever was.
Read a Venezuelan Guard’s ‘Chilling’ Account About the Delta Force Raid That Nabbed Maduro.
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White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt also said we should drop everything and read this tweet about the raid. It’s an interview with a Maduro guard who gave details about what happened before we had troops on the ground. We apparently deployed some mystery sonic weapon, because many were incapacitated by it. Second, the message this raid sent to Latin America writ large could not be mistaken—do not mess with the United States. You simply will not survive it. This guard also spoke about the precision and speed at which our troops executed their mission, despite being outnumbered:
This account from a Venezuelan security guard loyal to Nicolás Maduro is absolutely chilling—and it explains a lot about why the tone across Latin America suddenly changed.
Security Guard: On the day of the operation, we didn’t hear anything coming. We were on guard, but suddenly all our radar systems shut down without any explanation. The next thing we saw were drones, a lot of drones, flying over our positions. We didn’t know how to react.
Interviewer: So what happened next? How was the main attack?
Security Guard: After those drones appeared, some helicopters arrived, but there were very few. I think barely eight helicopters. From those helicopters, soldiers came down, but a very small number. Maybe twenty men. But those men were technologically very advanced. They didn’t look like anything we’ve fought against before.
Interviewer: And then the battle began?
Security Guard: Yes, but it was a massacre. We were hundreds, but we had no chance. They were shooting with such precision and speed… it seemed like each soldier was firing 300 rounds per minute. We couldn’t do anything.
Interviewer: And your own weapons? Didn’t they help?
Security Guard: No help at all. Because it wasn’t just the weapons. At one point, they launched something—I don’t know how to describe it… it was like a very intense sound wave. Suddenly I felt like my head was exploding from the inside. We all started bleeding from the nose. Some were vomiting blood. We fell to the ground, unable to move.
Interviewer: And your comrades? Did they manage to resist?
Security Guard: No, not at all. Those twenty men, without a single casualty, killed hundreds of us. We had no way to compete with their technology, with their weapons. I swear, I’ve never seen anything like it. We couldn’t even stand up after that sonic weapon or whatever it was.
Interviewer: So do you think the rest of the region should think twice before confronting the Americans?
Security Guard: Without a doubt. I’m sending a warning to anyone who thinks they can fight the United States. They have no idea what they’re capable of. After what I saw, I never want to be on the other side of that again. They’re not to be messed with.
Interviewer: And now that Trump has said Mexico is on the list, do you think the situation will change in Latin America?
Security Guard: Definitely. Everyone is already talking about this. No one wants to go through what we went through. Now everyone thinks twice. What happened here is going to change a lot of things, not just in Venezuela but throughout the region.
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