{"id":4818,"date":"2026-01-06T22:37:13","date_gmt":"2026-01-06T22:37:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ventil.rs\/blog\/world\/mobs-of-motorcycle-riding-armed-militia-hunt-venezuelan-streets-for-trump-supporters-as-crackdown-intensifies\/"},"modified":"2026-01-06T22:37:13","modified_gmt":"2026-01-06T22:37:13","slug":"mobs-of-motorcycle-riding-armed-militia-hunt-venezuelan-streets-for-trump-supporters-as-crackdown-intensifies","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ventil.rs\/blog\/world\/mobs-of-motorcycle-riding-armed-militia-hunt-venezuelan-streets-for-trump-supporters-as-crackdown-intensifies\/","title":{"rendered":"Mobs of motorcycle-riding armed militia hunt Venezuelan streets for Trump supporters as crackdown intensifies"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<div id=\"beyondwords-wrapper\" class=\"beyondwords-wrapper\">\n<p><span class=\"label-bg\">NEW<\/span>You can now listen to Fox News articles!\n  <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"speakable\">In the aftermath of Nicol\u00e1s Maduro\u2019s capture by United States forces, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/category\/topic\/venezuelan-political-crisis\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">paramilitary groups tied to the Venezuelan<\/a> leader\u2019s regime have initiated an aggressive campaign to maintain control over the country.<\/p>\n<p class=\"speakable\">Mobs of motorcycle-riding civilians often armed with assault rifles, known as\u00a0colectivos,\u00a0have been conducting intrusive searches and establishing checkpoints to identify and punish anyone showing support for Maduro\u2019s removal from power, Reuters reported.<\/p>\n<p>The National Union of Press Workers of Venezuela reported that <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/category\/armed-forces\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">armed forces<\/a> briefly detained fourteen journalists during Monday&#8217;s induction of Vice President Delcy Rodr\u00edguez as the country\u2019s interim leader. Residents have also reported that some Venezuelans have been afraid to leave their homes, fearing that armed forces would seize and scour their phones for signs of dissent, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.telegraph.co.uk\/us\/news\/2026\/01\/06\/venezuela-police-door-to-door-maduro-arrest\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">The Telegraph<\/a> said.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The future is uncertain, the Colectivos have weapons, the Colombian guerrilla is already here in <a href=\"https:\/\/archive.is\/o\/9vTh8\/https:\/\/www.telegraph.co.uk\/venezuela\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Venezuela<\/a>, so we don\u2019t know what\u2019s going to happen, time will tell,&#8221; Oswaldo, a 69-year-old Venezuelan shop owner, told The Telegraph.<\/p>\n<p>The\u00a0colectivos are largely controlled by Nicol\u00e1s Maduro\u2019s close ally, Diosdado Cabello, who has a $25 million bounty from the U.S. State Department largely for his role in corruption and drug trafficking.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/world\/venezuelas-new-interim-leader-delcy-rodriguez-hates-west-former-official-warns\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>VENEZUELA&#8217;S NEW INTERIM LEADER DELCY RODR\u00cdGUEZ &#8216;HATES THE WEST,&#8217; EX OFFICIAL WARNS<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"image-ct inline\">\n<div class=\"m\"><picture><source media=\"(max-width: 767px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/343\/192\/colectivos-venezuela-4.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1, https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/686\/384\/colectivos-venezuela-4.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1 2x\" height=\"192\" width=\"343\"\/><source media=\"(min-width: 768px) and (max-width: 1023px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/672\/378\/colectivos-venezuela-4.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1, https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/1344\/756\/colectivos-venezuela-4.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1 2x\" height=\"378\" width=\"672\"\/><source media=\"(min-width: 1024px) and (max-width: 1279px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/931\/523\/colectivos-venezuela-4.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1, https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/1862\/1046\/colectivos-venezuela-4.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1 2x\" height=\"523\" width=\"931\"\/><source media=\"(min-width: 1280px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/720\/405\/colectivos-venezuela-4.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1, https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/1440\/810\/colectivos-venezuela-4.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1 2x\" height=\"405\" width=\"720\"\/><\/picture><\/div>\n<div class=\"info\">\n<div class=\"caption\">\n<p><span>Paramilitary members known as &#8220;colectivos&#8221; rally to protest Nicol\u00e1s Maduro&#8217;s capture by the United States armed forces in the center of Caracas, Venezuela, on January 4, 2026.<\/span> <span>(Andrea Hern\u00e1ndez Brice\u00f1o\/Washington Post)<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Cabello, who serves as the state&#8217;s Minister of Interior, Justice and Peace, is widely known for suppressing political dissent in Venezuela. The presence of colectivos, who often serve as an unofficial arm of state repression, suggests that Maduro loyalists are desperately trying to maintain their grip on the country.<\/p>\n<p>The reported crackdown began with a government directive to root out dissent against the Venezuelan regime. According to Reuters, a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/world\/venezuela-orders-nationwide-manhunt-supporters-after-maduros-arrest-us-forces\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">state of emergency decree<\/a> published on Monday ordered police to &#8220;immediately begin the national search and capture of everyone involved in the promotion or support of the armed attack by the United States.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/politics\/from-palace-prison-venezuelan-strongman-maduro-locked-troubled-brooklyn-jail\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>FROM PALACE TO PRISON: VENEZUELAN STRONGMAN MADURO LOCKED IN TROUBLED BROOKLYN JAIL<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"image-ct inline\">\n<div class=\"m\"><picture><source media=\"(max-width: 767px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/343\/192\/maduro-delcy.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1, https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/686\/384\/maduro-delcy.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1 2x\" height=\"192\" width=\"343\"\/><source media=\"(min-width: 768px) and (max-width: 1023px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/672\/378\/maduro-delcy.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1, https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/1344\/756\/maduro-delcy.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1 2x\" height=\"378\" width=\"672\"\/><source media=\"(min-width: 1024px) and (max-width: 1279px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/931\/523\/maduro-delcy.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1, https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/1862\/1046\/maduro-delcy.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1 2x\" height=\"523\" width=\"931\"\/><source media=\"(min-width: 1280px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/720\/405\/maduro-delcy.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1, https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/1440\/810\/maduro-delcy.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1 2x\" height=\"405\" width=\"720\"\/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/1200\/675\/maduro-delcy.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1\" alt=\"maduro speaking with massive venezuelan flag hanging at balcony\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\"\/><\/picture><\/div>\n<div class=\"info\">\n<div class=\"caption\">\n<p><span>Nicol\u00e1s Maduro (C) waves a national flag at the Balc\u00f3n del Pueblo of the Miraflores Government Palace on Jan. 23, 2019, in Caracas, Venezuela.<\/span> <span>(Edilzon Gamez\/Getty Images)<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>As someone who conducts state-run domestic espionage through widespread coordination of surveillance and counterintelligence agencies, Cabello remains a major unpredictable and dangerous figure in the wake of Maduro\u2019s capture, Reuters reported.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The focus is now on Diosdado Cabello,&#8221; Venezuelan military strategist Jose Garcia told the outlet. &#8220;Because he is the most ideological, violent and unpredictable element of the Venezuelan regime.&#8221;<\/p>\n<div class=\"image-ct inline\">\n<div class=\"m\"><picture><source media=\"(max-width: 767px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/343\/192\/rondon-poster.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1, https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/686\/384\/rondon-poster.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1 2x\" height=\"192\" width=\"343\"\/><source media=\"(min-width: 768px) and (max-width: 1023px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/672\/378\/rondon-poster.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1, https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/1344\/756\/rondon-poster.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1 2x\" height=\"378\" width=\"672\"\/><source media=\"(min-width: 1024px) and (max-width: 1279px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/931\/523\/rondon-poster.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1, https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/1862\/1046\/rondon-poster.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1 2x\" height=\"523\" width=\"931\"\/><source media=\"(min-width: 1280px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/720\/405\/rondon-poster.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1, https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/1440\/810\/rondon-poster.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1 2x\" height=\"405\" width=\"720\"\/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/1200\/675\/rondon-poster.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1\" alt=\"wanted poster for Diosdado Cabello\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\"\/><\/picture><\/div>\n<div class=\"info\">\n<div class=\"caption\">\n<p><span>A U.S. State Department &#8220;wanted&#8221; poster for senior Venezuelan regime figure Diosdado Cabello, whom U.S. authorities have accused of corruption and ties to narcotics trafficking.<\/span> <span>(U.S. State Department\u00a0)<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Reuters reported that the\u00a0former military officer was also recently spotted patrolling Venezuelan streets with security forces.<\/p>\n<p>In a social media post by the Venezuelan government,\u00a0footage reportedly <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/world\/after-maduro-venezuela-power-vacuum-exposes-brutal-insiders-enforcers\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">showed Cabello<\/a> posing with a crowd of armed militia as they shouted, &#8220;Always loyal, never traitors.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Reuters added that in recent weeks, Cabello was also seen on television ordering Venezuela\u2019s military counterintelligence agency to &#8220;go and get the terrorists&#8221; and warning &#8220;whoever strays, we will know.&#8221;<\/p>\n<div class=\"image-ct inline\">\n<div class=\"m\"><picture><source media=\"(max-width: 767px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/343\/192\/colectivos-venezuela-3.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1, https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/686\/384\/colectivos-venezuela-3.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1 2x\" height=\"192\" width=\"343\"\/><source media=\"(min-width: 768px) and (max-width: 1023px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/672\/378\/colectivos-venezuela-3.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1, https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/1344\/756\/colectivos-venezuela-3.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1 2x\" height=\"378\" width=\"672\"\/><source media=\"(min-width: 1024px) and (max-width: 1279px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/931\/523\/colectivos-venezuela-3.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1, https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/1862\/1046\/colectivos-venezuela-3.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1 2x\" height=\"523\" width=\"931\"\/><source media=\"(min-width: 1280px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/720\/405\/colectivos-venezuela-3.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1, https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/1440\/810\/colectivos-venezuela-3.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1 2x\" height=\"405\" width=\"720\"\/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/1200\/675\/colectivos-venezuela-3.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1\" alt=\"men riding motorcycles flood caracas streets\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\"\/><\/picture><\/div>\n<div class=\"info\">\n<div class=\"caption\">\n<p><span>Paramilitary members known as colectivos flood the streets of Caracas, Venezuela, on Jan. 4, 2026.<\/span> <span>(Andrea Hern\u00e1ndez Brice\u00f1o\/Washington Post)<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/foxnews.onelink.me\/xLDS?pid=AppArticleLink&amp;af_dp=foxnewsaf%3A%2F%2F&amp;af_web_dp=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.foxnews.com%2Fapps-products\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>CLICK HERE TO DOWNLOAD THE FOX NEWS APP<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>He reportedly repeated the same rhetoric in a state television appearance Saturday, wearing a flak jacket and helmet and surrounded by heavily armed guards.<\/p>\n<p>Despite the removal of Maduro, the loyalist crackdown on dissent and the media suggests that the ruling party has no intention of relinquishing its grip on power.<\/p>\n<p><i>Reuters contributed to this report.<\/i><\/p>\n<p> <!----> <\/p>\n<div class=\"article-meta\">\n<div class=\"author-bio\">\n<p>Bonny Chu is a Digital Production Assistant at Fox News Digital.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/world\/mobs-motorcycle-riding-armed-militia-hunt-venezuelan-streets-trump-supporters-crackdown-intensifies\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! 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