Venezuela's Minister for Electric Energy, Nestor Reverol reported that two individuals committed acts of sabotage at the Josefa Camejo Thermoelectric Plant, located in Punto Fijo, Falcón state, northwest Venezuela.

Caracas, September 12 (RHC)-- Venezuela's Minister for Electric Energy, Nestor Reverol reported that two individuals committed acts of sabotage at the Josefa Camejo Thermoelectric Plant, located in Punto Fijo, Falcón state, northwest Venezuela.

Reverol detailed in declarations to a local television station that two people were arrested and that they are with burns and with a reserved diagnosis.   And he added that in order to solve the situation, work was carried out by the Fire Department, Security agencies and workers of the National Electric System (SEN).

Over the weekend, the governor of the state of Falcón, Victor Clark, reported on the attack.  On his account on the social network Instagram, Clark said that in the plant "individuals who attacked the high power line and auxiliary services system have been found in flagrante delicto, who are injured with serious burns due to the strong explosion they caused."   He added that the situation caused damage to three turbines of the plant, leaving the region without electric service.

Reverol pointed out that this same Saturday, the electric service in the peninsula of Paraguaná, Falcón state, was fully reestablished after an attack on the Josefa Camejo Thermoelectric Plant.