The military must maintain honor and adhere to the codes, laws and rules emanating from the Constitution of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela, in addition to being faithful to the oath to defend the integrity and national sovereignty, the Minister of Popular Power for the Defense, Vladimir Padrino López.
Their position was stated in reference to the situation of a group of ex-officers and soldiers who deserted from the Bolivarian National Armed Forces (FANB) encouraged by the leader of the Venezuelan extreme right Juan Guaidó and, however, they are currently in the United States without any protection or asylum, while others in similar conditions are scattered in other countries of the region.
The minister stressed that the military is obliged to preserve as a condition the codes of ethics, typical of military honor, among which the respect for popular sovereignty stands out.
“The military must abide unequivocally to the Constitution, interpret it, comply with it and enforce it; Validate our oath and defend the mandates of popular sovereignty as a sine qua non condition of citizens with special codes, typical of military honor, "said Padrino López in a message published on the social network Twitter.
Recently, former FANB mayor Hugo Parra Martínez stated that the opposition leadership led by Guaidó “used and dismissed” the military that joined the movement and attempted invasion of Venezuela on February 23 by the border with Colombia, with the excuse of entering a supposed humanitarian aid.
"I fell into a sack and I'm at the bottom. I lost everything, my family, my house. What I did was worth nothing. I do not see a way out, ”said the deserter, who is currently detained in the United States by the Immigration and Customs Service (ICE), says material broadcast on Twitter by the correspondent for the Telesur chain, Madelein García.
Parra Martínez is being held at the Winn Correctional Center of the Louisiana Department of Corrections, southeast of Winnfield, one of the prison facilities designated by the US government to hold thousands of migrant men.
In an interview with an international media outlet, Hugo Parra Martínez also specified that after the coup attempt last February he has not received the support promised by Guaidó, on the contrary he has been detained in the northern country for eight months "without knowing until when or if they will end up deporting Venezuela ”.
"Here only the Bible accompanies me and God whom I implore every day to help me," said the ex-officer who is in prison with other deserters from the Venezuelan military corps, collects AVN.
