Venezuelan Military Quells Terrorist Attack on Army Base

The rebellion in a military base in the town of Naguanagua was crushed early on Sunday and the situation in the base was now under control.
 
"Following the terrorist attack on Fort Paramacay, defense plans and troops were deployed to ensure internal security," National Constituent Assembly member and leader of the Socialist Party of Venezuela, Diosdado Cabello said over Twitter.
 
Cabello assured the people that there was "absolute normalcy in the rest of the military units of the country," emphasizing that anyone who dreamt otherwise would have to deal with the morality of the Bolivarian military.
 
Cabello’s statement came hours after the release of a video that showed a group of men in military uniform calling for a broad uprising against Maduro. The soldiers said the action was only a rebellion against Maduro’s move to dismantle democratic institutions in Venezuela.
 
“This is not a coup d'etat,” said a man in the video who identified himself as Juan Carlos Caguaripano, a former National Guard captain, adding, “This is a civic and military action to re-establish constitutional order. But more than that, it is to save the country from total destruction.”
 
Caguaripano, seen flanked by about a dozen men in military uniforms, also called for the formation of a transitional government in Venezuela.
 
Several of the assailants were arrested, officials said, after reports of shots being fired near the base in the city's Paramacay Fort used by the National Bolivarian Armed Forces (FANB in Spanish).
 
Defense Minister Vladimir Padrino Lopez also tweeted, "They could not deal with the FANB, with their morale nor with their constitutional conscience, so now (they) intend to attack it with terrorist attacks. They won't be able to!!!"
 
 "Our FANB successfully repelled a paramilitary criminal terrorist attack, the 7 captured are giving information!" Rear Admiral Remigio Ceballos, head of the military's strategic operational command, said on Twitter.
 
Since April, Venezuela has seen opposition forces organize violent protests — leading to over 100 deaths and thousands of injuries — in their attempts to oust democratically-elected President Nicolas Maduro.
 
Venezuelans officials, including Maduro, have accused the right-wing of working closely with international players like the US to destabilize the country to induce external interference and military intervention.