by J.G. Martinez D, The Organic Prepper:
We all know the misbehaviors committed by the de facto rulers of a certain country in South America. The government in Venezuela is releasing prisoners to do their dirty work, then allowing them to head off to parts unknown. I won´t give details but will focus on the consequences instead, as these are going to have an important impact on the life of the country in a matter of a few months.
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Governments are using prisoners to attack protests
There are recent experiences with governments releasing and using criminals and prisoners in violent conflicts, like sending them to war (a common practice in formerly communist countries) and attacking peaceful protests unchaining awful shootings against unarmed innocents. In recent weeks, over 100 prisoners were moved from one of the largest jails to another one.
Several interventions have taken place in this manner, something absolutely unusual. Take a look at the arsenal found in just one of the prisons: 170 different weapons and over 1200 cartridges…in a place supposedly controlled by the authorities. Go figure.
Word in the street is that the leaders of the most dangerous gangs have been issued fake IDs, freed, and armed. Officers of every brand have been ordered to NOT proceed against them or their gang members. This means we will see an interesting underground war between both factions this next year.
It’s how the government covers up human rights violations.
There is no need to be a genius or an investigator to understand they are very likely going to work as assault “troops” to suppress demonstrations against the regime. The use of prisoners to attack protests is a serious human rights violation, a series of continuous crimes that the International Criminal Court is investigating. It is a form of intimidation and violence designed to silence dissent.
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However, the key issue here of this proxy force is the consequences this will generate. There is no possible way to know exactly who they are and where those criminals will go once they can evade customs controls with new identities. It is very likely many of them are already in the USA or other countries. I wrote previously about Venezuelan gang members in New York City.
They very probably will keep a low profile until they get used to the new environment of a new country where real freedom exists. They will have to test the waters. Understand the local and regional atmosphere and expand their connections. Very likely with other Spanish-speaking organizations like the cartels.
The use of prisoners to attack protests or in international armed conflicts is not a new phenomenon at all. This tactic was used in the past already, during the year 2017 (and earlier) protests that were sparked by the decision to hold a controversial constitutional “referendum,” just a mimic of a democratic exercise. The whole platform and the database structures are rigged to produce results favorable to the mobsters. That´s why they will refuse international observers with special knowledge and skills, claiming a “sovereign” exercise of democracy.
The United Nations human rights office has called on the Venezuelan government to investigate the incident and hold those responsible accountable. The office has also called for the rulers to stop using prisoners to attack protests.
The use of prisoners to attack protests or in other armed conflicts is a serious threat to democracy, no matter what country you´re in. It is a sign that they are willing to use violence to silence dissent. The international community must implement severe actions and pressure it to stop using prisoners to attack protests.
This is not the only factor in the crisis.
Several other factors contribute to the seriousness of the situation in this region.
- The prison system in all of Latin America is in a state of real crisis. The prisons are overcrowded, underfunded, and poorly managed. This makes it easy for criminals to smuggle weapons and drugs into the prisons.
- Many local regimes have a long history of human rights abuses: torture, extrajudicial killings, and extortion, and some of them are even involved with international terrorism while the West looks somewhere else.
- The Venezuelan economy is barely recovering, very slowly, from a state of collapse. The country is past the (induced) hyperinflation process, but with an iron grip on the spot coin value and exchange ratios, and an unreal monetary policy used to profit those with USDs bought to official rates, there will be no possible development as it is contrary to the goals of the regime. The economy will suffocate and the controls will only weaken it as time passes by.
- Some things are better. Food shortages have decreased, although specialized work (like mine in the oil industry) and other similar jobs were destroyed by the thousands of positions.
- Most of the larger companies have fled away, and what was once excellent local production of products like car spare parts, unique in Latin America except for Argentina, is long gone. The draconian “laws” that allow the regimes to seize and confiscate whatever they feel like made many transnational companies cut losses and go to greener pastures.
- There are some other economic problems with deep roots. This has led to widespread poverty and desperation, which has created a fertile environment for crime and violence in the most vulnerable and poor barrios and cities. The industrial zones in all the major cities that formerly vibrated with activity now look like a scenario of a zombie movie.
- Societal control via fuel rationing is deeply harming the economy. Without any other excuse than the “economic war against the American Empire,” they allowed all sorts of uniformed forces to control the access to fuel stations, toting loaded and locked AKs. You can imagine the consequences of this already. This is done mostly to avoid mobilization and transport of groups of people. It seems not to be happening in my country but in other regions as well with commie puppet regimes, like Chile.
The businesses that are doing well
The best businesses I see not flourishing, but making a profit good enough for their owners are cattle raising, milk, cheese production, and producing or transforming edibles. However, these face the continuous loss of production in the way of “fees” in the roadblocks. This is something that has existed since the Spaniards’ time, and it´s so deeply rooted in the society that it´s almost to be expected. Refuse to give a bribe, expect a whole spectrum of problems.
This is something that maybe sooner or later will expand, once the societal contract the fabric imposes is cracked and no longer works. Things will have to be much more different to get to that point, though.
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