Bolivarian authorities report 419 aircraft neutralized since 2013.

On Friday, Gen. Domingo Hernandez, the Operational Strategic Commander of the Bolivarian National Armed Forces (FANB), said that three F-16 fighter systems from the Bolivarian Military Aviation (AMB) intercepted an aircraft in Apure state after it violated national airspace, forced it to make an emergency landing and immobilized it on the ground.

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The high-ranking military officer said the aircraft had been detected by early-warning radar systems belonging to the nation’s Comprehensive Aerospace Power and its territorial defense system.

The twin-engine, white Cessna 310 entered Venezuelan airspace with its transponder system turned off, did not transmit an identification code, had no visible tail number and did not present a flight plan.

Due to those violations of the protocol established in the Law on Control for the Comprehensive Defense of Venezuelan Airspace, the Cessna 310 was declared illegal and hostile, and authorities proceeded to interdict it.

Since the law was enacted in 2013, Venezuela has disabled 419 aircraft, 28 of which have been intercepted so far this year.

“Venezuela is a land of peace, freedom and democracy, of law and justice, where we fight daily and head-on against drug trafficking. We do not produce, process or consume drugs, and we certainly will not become a platform for transnational narcoterrorism,” Gen. Hernandez said on social media.

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Source: FANB

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