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| Special Action Forces | |
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| Fuerzas de Acciones Especiales | |
| Active | April 2016 |
| Country |  Venezuela |
| Branch | Venezuelan National Police |
| Type | Police tactical unit |
| Size | 800-1000[1] |
| Nickname(s) | FAES |
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The Special Action Forces (Spanish: Fuerzas de Acciones Especiales de la Policía Nacional Bolivariana, FAES) is an elite command of the Venezuelan National Police created in April 2016.[2][3] By 2019, it had around 1,300 officers.[4] The FAES includes the Unidad de Operaciones Tácticas Especiales (UOTE) a police tactical unit.[5] The FAES have been accused of being a political instrument of Nicolás Maduro,[2] as well as being a death squad and of repressing the opposition.[6][7][8]
- ^ "Conozca las explosivas declaraciones del fiscal Tarek William Saab sobre las Faes". 2020-11-16. Archived from the original on 2020-12-01. Retrieved 2024-06-29.
- ^ a b Maduro ordenó a la FANB crear este año Fuerzas de Acciones Especiales. Publicado el 26 de abril de 2016. Consultado el 13 de febrero de 2019.
- ^ LR, Redacción (January 1, 2019). "FAES: 'grupo de exterminio' al servicio de Maduro que allanó casa de Juan Guaidó [FOTOS]". LaRepublica.pe (in Spanish). Retrieved February 3, 2019.
- ^ "Venezuelan special police unit blamed for abuses, killings". Reuters. February 3, 2019. Retrieved February 3, 2019.
- ^ "Gradúan funcionarios del Faes de la PNB para combatir la delincuencia". La Patilla (in Spanish). 14 December 2017. Retrieved 9 July 2019.
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