Cuban military admits they did not have enough weapons to defend Maduro

Cuban Colonel Pedro Yadín Domínguez, who returned to the island this week after being wounded in Venezuela, acknowledged that they did not have enough weapons to protect dictator Nicolás Maduro on January 3.

Speaking to the state-run press on Thursday, Yadín Domínguez said his team was asleep in Caracas in the early hours of January 3 and did not have the necessary weapons to defend themselves.

“We barely had any weapons, because we were on security support duties for the president, but we had almost no weapons. The attack was disproportionate, with planes, bombs, drones, and two helicopters,” he added.

The soldier confirmed that 11 of his comrades at that location died.

The colonel was wounded and underwent emergency surgery at a military hospital in Venezuela before returning to the island on Wednesday. He is currently in a wheelchair.

Almost two weeks after the US operation in Caracas, the remains of 32 Cuban soldiers who died defending dictator Nicolás Maduro arrived on the island.

Also on Wednesday, several Cuban military personnel injured in the events in Venezuela on January 3 arrived on the island.

However, the media outlet Cubadebate did not specify the number of injured.

On January 6, the Cuban regime published the names of the 32 soldiers who died while defending dictator Nicolás Maduro in Caracas, during the US operation that ended with his capture.

The Ministry of the Interior added that the deaths occurred after direct combat with specialized US forces or as a result of bombings at different facilities in Venezuela.

In the early hours of January 3, elite special forces, including the Army’s Delta Force, carried out the operation that resulted in the capture of Maduro and his wife, Cilia Flores. @ADNCuba