Majority of Venezuelan security forces ready to turn on Maduro

July 12, 2020 / By mobanmarket

An overwhelming majority of rank and file members of Venezuela’s creaking security forces are ready to fall behind the country’s self-proclaimed interim president and defy the regime of Nicolas Maduro.

But current and former members of the police and army told The Telegraph that mounting fear of reprisals and intense internal surveillance by intelligence services were holding back a full scale revolt.

It comes as the US are engaged in a high stakes game to test the loyalty of Venezuela’s armed forces by deploying aid on the border with Colombia – effectively asking them to chose between alleviating suffering or staying faithful to the regime.

On Saturday the Venezuelan military stood guard on…

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