Patreon Bonus episode. Today we're speaking to reporter Daniel Blanco. He's going to be

speaking to us about the recent battle between what can only be described as

paramilitary gangs and the Venezuelan Special Forces

and the police is mad have a listen

so there's been this this big gang war right between armed gang members and what looks like the Venezuelan military in a part of Caracas.

Maybe just explain to us what the hell is going on out there.

What happens is that a big gun that is around like 500 strong

try to cut off the west of the city by blocking the highway. So the government

responding full force to cover all those neighborhoods in West Caracas and obviously the guns that control those

territories try to to contain the police and the military and it was like a three or four day war in

West Caracas like 30 to 60 dead. Jesus Christ and which gang is it? The gang is called a cookie gang because one of the

members of the guns is one of the leaders of the guns is called a cookie but the

reality is is that the guns that gun is specifically have like two or three other leaders but they are ghost like

nobody knows them so the only one that's visible is a copy because the guy has social media he upload

photos of him holding rifles, attacking the police, giving to children.

It's trying to create that fabulous of our image in the burial,

so the police just call them a cookie gun.

Got you got you so why did they decide to try and block off the part of the city?

I think it is a show us of force and most people say that is because the police shot a

gun member and they retaliated but this has been building up for years I mean this guy signed a peace

street with the government like five years ago the deal was no police entered the barrio and they don't do crimes that was the deal you know so they

they actually stay very low-key just like doing you know things that demobilize criminals do ex-combics do you know they were doing

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