The most wanted man in Venezuela: Ex cop ‘who once appeared in an action movie’ stages grenade attack from a helicopter above Supreme Court and calls for an uprising
Oscar Perez is a special investigator behind the helicopter attack in Venezuela
Social media shows his action-hero lifestyle of guns, helicopters, and fine suits
He is a pilot, specialist K9 trainer and firearms expert who once starred in a film
Perez says he is a ‘patriot’ fighting the ‘evil’ government of Nicolas Maduro
By CHRIS PLEASANCE and GARETH DAVIES
DAILYMAIL.COM
28 June 2017
He works for Venezuela’s FBI, flies helicopters with precision skill, skydives with police dogs strapped to his chest, is trained to fight gun battles underwater – and is now the country’s most wanted man.
Meet Oscar Perez, a former cop turned rogue agent who helped launch a gun and grenade attack on Venezuela’s Supreme Court on Tuesday from a stolen helicopter.
President Nicolas Maduro branded the attack a ‘coup attempt’ and ‘terrorist attack’ before demanding a manhunt for the perpetrators – including Perez
According to his Instagram, which is littered with pictures of him wielding guns and modelling stylish outfits, Perez is an investigator with the specialist CICPC force, a tactical pilot and specialist K9 trainer, with ‘a passion for my country’.
From the outside his life has all the trappings of an action film – so it is perhaps no surprise that he starred in a 2015 movie called ‘Muerte Suspendida’ (‘Suspended Death’) in which he plays a cop sent to rescue a wealthy hostage from a gang.
Perez was pictured in action in the skies above Caracas yesterday as he launched his attack, clearly visible at the controls of a CICPC helicopter as other masked militants dangled a flag from the door which reads: ‘350 Liberty.’
Perez also published several videos of himself standing in front of his fellow fighters, in which he delivers his reasons for attacking Maduro’s government.
In it, he says: ‘Dear brothers, we speak to you on behalf of the state; we are a coalition of military, police and civilians, in search of a balance against this transitory, criminal government.’
Branding Maduro’s administration ‘evil’, he accuses the President of ‘tyranny’ and says he is seeking ‘justice’ for ‘innocent people who fight for their rights, against hunger, against lack of health, against fanaticism.’
The helicopter assault comes a day after President Maduro announced the arrests of five opponents he accused of plotting against him to clear the way for a US invasion in a potentially dramatic escalation of the violence gripping the oil-rich South American country.
The beleaguered president, who for weeks has been thundering about alleged coup attempts against him, said the helicopter was flown by a pilot who worked for a former minister.
Around 15 shots were fired at the Interior Ministry, Maduro added.
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