Attack on Fort Paramacay
Part of Crisis in Venezuela (2010-present)
Soldiers detain the occupants of a vehicle after the assault.
Date 6 August 2017 Location Naguanagua, Carabobo,  Venezuela Result Rebel attack repelled by government forces; some weapons captured by the opposition.
Belligerents
Venezuela Bolivarian government Venezuelan Army Supported by Venezuelan National Guard	Opposition military personnel Military dissidents Supported by Civilian opposition
Commanders and leaders
Vladimir Padrino López (Commander-in-chief)	Juan Caguaripano (Commander)
Strength
approx. 900 soldiers of the 41st Command Brigade	20 dissidents
Casualties and losses
Unknown	2 dead 1 injured 7 captured

Crisis in Venezuela
Causes
Bolivarian Revolution Economic policy of Hugo Chávez Economic policy of Nicolás Maduro
Effects
Refugee crisis Blackouts Energy crisis Defections Hyperinflation International sanctions Interventions of political parties Shortages Censorship Catatumbo campaign Xenophobic incidents Pemon conflict
Events
Dakazo La Salida Detention of Antonio Ledezma 2016 recall movement 2017 constitutional crisis| 2018 Nicolás Maduro re-election campaign Presidential crisis 2019 shipping of humanitarian aid to Venezuela Venezuela Aid Live COVID-19 pandemic 2022 recall movement 2023 Unitary Platform presidential primaries
Elections
2013 presidential election 2015 parliamentary election 2017 referendum 2017 Constituent Assembly election 2018 presidential election 2020 parliamentary election 2023 referendum
Protests
2013 2014 2017 2019
Timeline
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Armed violence
Caracas helicopter incident 2017 National Assembly attack Attack on Fort Paramacay El Junquito raid Caracas drone attack 2019 uprising attempt 2020 Barquisimeto shooting Operation Gideon (2020) 2021 Apure clashes 2022 Arauca clashes
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The attack on Fort Paramacay, code name Operation David,^[1] was a military assault carried out in the morning of Sunday, August 6, 2017, between 3:50 a.m. and 8:00 a.m. in the Venezuelan town of Naguanagua, Carabobo.

Attack

The assault began when a group of 20 civilian dissidents commanded by Juan Caguaripano, a former captain (deserter since 2014) of the National Guard, stormed the Fort to steal weapons.^[2] First Lieutenant Jefferson García, of the plaza 4101 Commando Company, was the officer in charge of the Fort's weapons store; the 41st brigade of the Bolivarian Army was based at the Fort.^[3] Troops loyal to the government stopped the attack, causing ten of the dissidents (including Caguaripano) to flee, with seven of the group arrested, two dead, and one injured.^[4][5] The attackers who escaped had managed to take a considerable amount of munitions, including grenades and bullets. Though the attack ended at 8:00 am, civilians were protesting in the streets of the city later that day in support of the dissidents, which caused several clashes between them and the National Guard.^[6][7]

Stolen armaments

During the attack, the dissidents stole 500 AK-103 rifles and 500 magazines, 50 40mm multiple grenade launchers and 140 40mm grenades, 80 bayonets, 60 pistols and magazines. The weapons were placed in a Toyota vehicle with military plates and removed from Fort Paramacay.^[6][8]

Capture

Some of the members and leaders of the attack were captured in the following days. Two of the dissidents were reported by the government to have been killed during the assault: Yhonny Emisael Martínez Cedeño and Orlando Segundo Landino.

On January 15, 2018, after the El Junquito raid, where the dissident Óscar Alberto Pérez was killed, some of those who had been involved in this assault were also killed, and the owner of the truck with the stolen weaponry was captured.^[9]