by J.G. Martinez D, The Organic Prepper:
The increasing proximity and severity of threats in Venezuela are becoming alarming. On the other hand, amidst the current turmoil, exposing the truth is crucial to defending ourselves against abuses. While justice may be slow, it remains our best hope for preventing or mitigating physical harm.
Just as one wave of concern subsides, another emerges. If you’re curious about what I’m referring to, continue reading.
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The internet has undeniably transformed our lives through the widespread accessibility of information. While this has numerous benefits, it also presents significant risks.
We are all aware of the dangers we face as citizens striving for a change in our country’s leadership. As citizens who want and work for a change in the control of our country, we are subject to spying and other random illegal actions. Civilians have been subject to military court trials, an absolute aberration of justice, something that never should have happened in any civilized country. But the gang holding the guns is everything but democratic and respectful of civilian rights. They consider themselves to OWN the people and rule over them.
They don’t work for public safety or security. On the contrary.
What I call “black” squads, by the way, are the gangs roaming in black pickup trucks without any license. This is State-sponsored terrorism in the best Middle Eastern way. Masked and armed to the teeth on the pickup back platforms, nobody knows who they are. They are the packs that will do the dirty job that neither policemen nor NGs want to do to dodge further legal prosecution.
But this has been previously exposed by journalists, and it’s all over the Internet.
A suspicious incident
In our apartment building, we have a WhatsApp group for sales. Anyone selling something posts it there, pictures, videos, etc. The general chat has become a virtual marketplace where people sell everything from cars to snacks.
Recently, several neighbors began receiving strange, unsolicited calls from the phone number of one of our group members. However, the caller’s profile picture didn’t match the elderly woman who owned the phone.
It’s now easier than ever to clone a phone number if the owner is unaware or has weak security measures. Your smartphone, while a robust device, may have inadequate security software.
With a cloned number, scammers can engage in a spectrum of illegal activities using the owner’s identity.
US dollars
This being said, I need to inform you that a transaction involving both local and Russian criminal groups injected 150 million USD into our economy to “stabilize” it a few years ago. Where did this money come from? Very likely some Russian baron who needed to launder? The exact terms of this deal remain a mystery, but it’s clear that our country is often disadvantaged in such exchanges.
We don’t know what was given to Putin and his cronies. Someday, though, the truth will come to light.
Therefore, many people receive their salaries in USD and then exchange them for local currency to get goodies and groceries. They get the Bolivares (Bs) usually at a rate slightly over the official one. Only imagine what would happen when a neighbor offers to buy 100$ and receives nothing because his/her phone was cloned, and then, the transference in Bolivares went to someone else’s bank account, leaving you with nothing but a national ID number (that could very well be fake) and a cellphone number that can disappear in a blink…even worse: the chats could be used to blackmail the owner, asking for money to avoid them being sold to the “authorities” as a “domestic terrorist” only because of a few comments against the bus driver and cronies…it is already starting a razzia against those selling the USD to prices over the “official” rate. This rate is slowly increasing, by the way.
Yes, this scam, or blackmail, has already happened in other cities. Several times. That’s why the ICC is (supposedly) already in a process with the leaders and has collected a payload of information based on the victims’ testimonies.
I haven’t heard recent reports of people being missing. However, some leaders of the opposition party (I can’t give his name to avoid disclosing my location) are still in jail under fake charges. It takes only a fake denunciation to provide the excuse to get them in jail. This is the system that the Cubans were here for in the first place.
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