Venezuelan soldiers launched insurgency in southern state • At least one officer was killed during gunfire between the faithful and the regime

• Venezuelan militia forces // Photo: AFP

Venezuelan soldiers launched a rebellion against Nicholas Maduro's regime, state control, and seized military base and weapons stockpiles near the Brazilian border in the southern state.

According to reports in local media, the rebels broke into a military base in Luapa and were able to take control of a weapon stockpile that was on the scene. The rebels call themselves the "Liberation Army" and, according to various reports, are assisting a volunteer unit from Bolivia.

Sabana Mayor reported that the rebels were able to take over Santa Elena Airport and from there proceeded south and occupied the base of a motorized unit located near the field. The number of rebels varies from reporting to reporting.

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According to the mayor's report, the rebels killed one officer, wounded another officer and abducted their direct commander. Reportedly, the fighters who carried out the rebellion are reserve personnel.

The regime's media outlets claimed the rebellion was suppressed and that troops of the regime's loyal militia were able to seize a number of rebels and a large amount of weapons, but rebel Twitter accounts are reporting.

Managed to oppose opposition to his rule, Nicolas Maduro // Photo: Reuters

The opposition's attempts to provoke a rebellious rule of his generation suffered a burst of failure this year as regime forces suppressed a series of demonstrations and rebellions by various forces of the military. Opposition leader Juan Guido even had to flee the country at one point.

Due to the difficult economic situation in the country and the suppression of ongoing civil liberties, an influx of hundreds of thousands of refugees has fled the country mainly to the territories of Brazil and neighboring Colombia.