The place where the Venezuelan plane was before landing unexpectedly in Cúcuta

With these words, President Gustavo Petro spoke about the small plane that landed unexpectedly on the morning of September 20 in the Camilo Daza airport in the city of Cúcuta, border with Venezuela.

The plane was stopped at Camilo Daza airport with two pilots, a flight attendant, an Army major and a sergeant major of the Venezuelan Guard, who are believed to be part of Nicolás Maduro’s security team.

Sources linked to the case indicate that it seems that the pilots “made a mistake in the locator” of the Cipriano Castro airport (San Antonio del Táchira Venezuela) with the Camilo Daza.

Venezuelan sources told this newspaper that the aircraft had been on a private island in Venezuela hours before landing, which is commonly used officially by the military forces of the neighboring country.

This is La Orchila Islandhome of one of the military camps and the C/N Antonio Díaz Naval Air Base.

Only the President of the Republic, relatives and military personnel have access to this island. Furthermore, civilian vessels are prohibited from flying over it.

“It is presumed that the soldiers who are on the aircraft in Cúcuta possibly departed from La Orchila, since the radar indicates that it departed from that place on one of its last flights,” said a source.

The Investigative Unit of this newspaper pointed out that the aircraft was located by radar in Maiquetía (main airport in Venezuela) and the ship has made rounds.

In fact, this island became famous in April 2002, when in the middle of the attempted coup in Venezuela, the president of the time Hugo Chavezwas transferred to the Orchila Island Base where he remained for several hours.