Venezuela Extends Leave of Work and Classes Due to Sabotage

Executive Vice President Delcy Rodriguez posted on Twitter that the authorities are maintaining the works to restore the total distribution of energy, before the Simon Bolivar Hydroelectric Plant, El Guri, in Bolivar state, were sabotaged.

The Vice President stated that this aggression, attributed to opposition sectors, are ‘an expression of hatred and thirst of destruction by a criminal group that refuses to accept democratic, peaceful solutions and dialogue. They want to impose by force and violence what they do not achieve through votes.’

The Public Prosecutor’s Office announced the arrest of six individuals allegedly involved in the new electric sabotage in Venezuela, Attorney General Tarek William Saab said.

Saab also notified that a criminal investigation, in charge of a national prosecutor and two of the Bolivar state, will soon start.

The Venezuelan government said that the first sabotage occurred at noon against transmission lines that distribute power from the nation’s central to west, a situation resolved in about five hours.

The second attack occurred some few minutes after the total restoration of energy distribution was achieved, this time a fire caused in the transmission transformers of the second largest hydroelectric power plant in Latin America.

The action, described as terrorist by Caracas authorities, caused a blackout for more than 15 hours in much of the national territory, affecting transport services, water supply and communications, among others.