Boric says he is “available” to speak to Maduro amid the Trem Aragua controversy

The president of Pepper, Gabriel Boricsaid this Tuesday to be “available”to talk to his Venezuelan counterpart, Nicolás Maduroafter he summoned him to “speak in person” about the organized crime that affects both countries, especially the international gang Aragua Train.

“We are available to have all the dialogue that is necessary to combat international crime and transnational crime, because it is a problem that we have throughout the region. Latin America and this cannot be tackled just confined to national borders.“, said the president at a press point at the airport of Calamain the north of the country.

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Nicolás Maduro invited on Monday to Gabriel Boric dialogue during an intervention on his weekly television program, in which he denounced that since Pepper “They launch accusations into the air, which the media and social networks transform into campaigns against Venezuela”.

“Beyond rhetoric and words, the important thing is that there is concrete collaboration and what Venezuela does is to collaborate“Boric added.

Relations between Venezuela and Chile are going through a complex moment after Boric called his ambassador in Chile last week for consultations. Caracas, Jaime Gazmuri.

The diplomatic impasse occurred days after the Venezuelan Government and, especially, the Minister of Foreign Affairs Yvan Gildeny the existence of the criminal gang Aragua Train and will guarantee that it is an invention of the international media.

Boric himself said that Gil’s statements were a “insult”for the countries in the region that are suffering the impact of this gang, born in a Venezuelan prison and with tentacles throughout the region, and accused Venezuela of not cooperating in the fight against irregular migration and organized crime.

Days later, in his account X, Gil rectified, acknowledged the existence of the criminal organization and assured that his Government “ended the Tren de Aragua criminal gang in Venezuela”.

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In this regard, Maduro highlighted on Monday on his television program that behind “In the history of the Aragua Train, there are people like (the Republican senator) Marco Rubio in U.S”, which try to convey an image that “is a type of Islamic stateof a new Taliban or a new Medellin Poster”.

The Chilean Government also asked Venezuela for information about the murder of the former Venezuelan soldier. Ronald Ojedawhich occurred last February in Santiago and whose authorship and circumstances have not yet been clarified, but according to the Chilean prosecutor “It was organized from Venezuela”.

“What is up to Venezuela is to collaborate and, hopefully, fulfill and hand over the criminals who committed a very serious crime such as the murder of former lieutenant Ojeda. Let’s work in this direction, if for that it is necessary to talk to Maduro, I have no problem“Boric added.

Source: Elcomercio

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