Venezuela: Information on a group called 5th of July (or July 5th), apparently affiliated to the Bolivariano Revolutionary Movement (MBR-200)
| Publisher | Canada: Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada |
| Author | Research Directorate, Immigration and Refugee Board, Canada |
| Publication Date | 1 January 1994 |
| Citation / Document Symbol | VEN16148.E |
| Cite as | Canada: Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada, Venezuela: Information on a group called 5th of July (or July 5th), apparently affiliated to the Bolivariano Revolutionary Movement (MBR-200), 1 January 1994, VEN16148.E, available at: https://www.refworld.org/docid/3ae6acd0c.html [accessed 17 September 2023] |
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Please find attached some documents that contain references to a 5th of July Movement. Two of the documents state that military rebels who participated in a coup attempt in November 1992 belonged to this group (Americas Watch Oct. 1993, 66-67; AFP July 1993). One of the sources reports that during the attempted coup
insurgent military forces, calling themselves the July 5 Movement, attacked military and political facilities apparently aided by civilian members or sympathizers of the marginally functional far-left groups Bandera Roja (Red Flag) and Tercer Camino (Third Way), by members of the rebel MBR-2000 movement within the military, and by rebel Metropolitan Police agents (Americas Watch Oct. 1993, 66-67).
The other source states that two members of this group were under suspicion for an attempted grenade attack at an independence day parade (AFP 7 July 1993). One of the attached documents states that members of a group called Patriotic Society, which reportedly may have directed the civilian sector of the MBR-200, had "contact with the July 5, Red Flag and Third Path organizations, all of which are resurgent groups of guerrilla forces from the 1960s who participated in the November [1992] coup attempt" (IPS 12 Nov. 1992).
This response was prepared after researching publicly accessible information currently available to the DIRB within time constraints. This response is not, and does not purport to be, conclusive as to the merit of any particular claim to refugee status or asylum.
References
Agence France Presse (AFP). 7 July 1993. "Venezuela Probes Possible Attack on President." (NEXIS)
Americas Watch. October 1993. Human Rights in Venezuela. New York: Human Rights Watch.
Inter Press Service (IPS). 12 November 1993. "Venezuela: Military Arrest Leaders of Plot to Disrupt Polls." (NEXIS)
Attachments
Agence France Presse (AFP). 7 July 1993. "Venezuela Probes Possible Attack on President." (NEXIS)
Americas Watch. October 1993. Human Rights in Venezuela. New York: Human Rights Watch, pp. 66-67.
Inter Press Service (IPS). 12 November 1993. "Venezuela: Military Arrest Leaders of Plot to Disrupt Polls." (NEXIS)