The Red Cross brought medical aid to Apure, the Venezuelan municipality affected by the fighting between the army and the FARC

The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) led 1,500 kilograms of medical supplies at the outpatient clinic in the Venezuelan village of La Victoria, in the Apure border state, where soldiers from the Caribbean country have been fighting the FARC dissidents since last March 21, the humanitarian entity informed on Thursday.

The donation includes antibiotics, painkillers, anti-inflammatory drugs, gloves and masks, Besides 21 hygiene kits “So that the population that needs to receive adequate care,” the ICRC detailed on its Twitter account.

The organization, dedicated to humanitarian activity in contexts of conflict, added in the same social network that “more than a year ago“I started supporting this clinic”with medical supplies for the population”.

On March 21, fighting broke out in the area between the Bolivarian National Armed Forces (FANB) and an armed group identified by various organizations working in the area as FARC dissidents.

So far, no official or military source has confirmed which group is fighting military released photos showing confiscated uniforms bearing the logos and acronyms of the former FARC guerrilla.

During collisions, eight soldiers and nine “terrorists” diedAccording to the official balance sheet provided by the Minister of Defense, Vladimir Padrino, who also denounced that this group planted anti-personnel mines in the area.

In the face of this situation, Venezuela has asked the UN for help to clear the territory of me.

As a consequence of the fighting, about 6,000 people fled the area and crossed the Arauca border river to take refuge in the Colombian municipalities located on its shores, especially in the city of Arauquita.

A few days ago, Tamara Taraciuk, Acting Deputy Director for America at Human Rights Watch (HRW), referred to border fighting. “We find that the human rights violations committed by the regime in Apure follow the model of abuses committed with total impunity in Venezuela: executions, arbitrary detentions and torture“, He expressed through his Twitter account. And I add: “More evidence for the International Criminal Court”.

In his tweet, Taraciuk referred to an article by New York timestressing that the Maduro regime has launched “the largest military campaign in decades“While thousands of people are fleeing the country because of the conflict.

In turn, the NGO You will found He denounced that on March 25, “five members of a family were killed by alleged FAES officials,” an elite group of Venezuelan police whose dissolution was called for by the UN over multiple allegations of extrajudicial executions.

The Venezuelan opposition, which is grouped as a leader Juan Guaidó – which several countries recognize as interim president – called for an investigation into this and other alleged military excesses against the civilian population.

In this regard, the former opposition deputy Delsa Solorzano He said he sent a report to UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Michelle Bachelet, where she collects evidence of alleged violations of fundamental rights during a military operation in El Ripial, where the bodies of these five people were killed.

(With information from EFE)

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