SANTA CRUZ, Bolivia—Exiled Chavista general and one-time director of the Bolivarian National Intelligence Service, Manuel Figuera, disclosed the locations of two Russian military facilities on Jan. 17, which are in the Venezuelan states of Carabobo and Miranda. In a letter penned just days after Russian deputy foreign minister Sergei Ryabkov said he could neither “confirm nor exclude” the possibility of a military build-up in Latin America, Figuera revealed the location of one stronghold hidden with the 41st Brigade in the city of Valencia, and another in Manzanares. “They’re playing the same old game, Russia and the West,” political analyst Fernando Menendez told The Epoch Times. Figuera stepped into the public eye back in 2019 as one of the key Venezuelan military figures supporting the former national assembly leader Juan Guaido’s ill-fated attempt to overthrow President Nicolas Maduro. Before the coup Figuera was one of Maduro’s top intelligence officers. Figuera also claimed the …
Former Intelligence Officer Says Russian Military Bases Exist in Venezuela
January 24, 2022
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