The Bolichicos continue with threats, intimidation, and harassment. Now, the issue isn’t legal; it’s downright sinister and criminal. In every major political conspiracy, it’s not the crime itself that matters but the cover-up where the true nature of the situation surfaces. At [email protected], we receive chilling anecdotes. We protect confidentiality and anonymity, and I have verified the information received. More than one Twitter user who dared to publicly denounce the Bolichicos of Derwick has received a direct ultimatum. One user living abroad was told that upon returning to Venezuela in December, he should “face the consequences.” Another person informs us that the Bolichicos don’t forgive, and due to opposing Alejandro Betancourt, he fears “being kidnapped and spending a month in the Amazon in the hands of criminals.” A different individual shared something on Facebook, and Francisco Convit himself called to threaten that if he didn’t remove the link from his page, a family member in Venezuela would be in trouble. Meanwhile, the father of several Bolichicos, Domingo Guzmán de Frutos, defends them fiercely (offering tickets and hotel accommodations with a tale of how his kids—despite having no experience—became billionaires). What we received yesterday was a tweet from Derwick hacker Rafael “RaFa” Núñez, challenging a relative of the Bolichicos who once dared to criticize them: Rafael Alfonzo. The tweet reads: “Rafael Alfonzo, don’t hide; you won’t escape either.”
The link from Derwick’s electronic thug leads to a video on the American site Vimeo titled “my little camera sees everything.” The 23-second video comes from a camera the Bolichicos installed in Alfonzo’s private room, who is the president of CEDICE-Libertad.
This is how these so-called “businessmen” from Venezuela are instilling fear in anyone who dares to challenge them.
It seems that threats have reached Nelson Bocaranda’s site Runrunes. I found it odd that an article by Luis Miguel Colmenares, titled “Without Values, There’s No ‘Bolichico’ Paradise,” disappeared just hours after being published. Is there censorship at Runrunes? The surprised author later re-published it elsewhere.
Didn’t Venezuela suffer enough with the likes of Amos del Valle and Apóstoles who controlled the courts and police? And now, with Chavista public powers that serve no purpose, we have a gang of thugs intruding into private homes and installing cameras. Let’s not forget that their expert security hacker also does errands for Ramiro Helmeyer, Juan Carlos Escotet, Nervis Villalobos, and Smartmatic among other well-known Venezuelan crooks. Quite a collection of characters with just a degree of separation.
What will the Country Club members who gave life or wisdom to the Bolichicos say about this? Domingo Guzmán, Mari Parra, Lilia López, Dr. Pedro Trebbau, Pura Casado, Leopoldo Betancourt, Edgar Romero Navas, and Dr. Jacinto Convit. Will they be proud of their children and grandchildren’s deeds? I’m not referring to the “amazing” power plants that give us so much light (at a billion-dollar markup) but rather to the all-out war the Bolichicos are waging against those they see as adversaries.
I’ve been criticized for using the word “mafia” to refer to their progeny.
Let’s consider this: a camera in the room of a private individual who once dared to criticize them; threats of kidnapping to a Twitter user, a warning to another on Facebook, not to mention the vilification of the Mezerhane, Garcia Mendoza, and others who have declared war through their henchmen. Just six days ago, on another Twitter account of “RaFa,” they published the email addresses and passwords of others whom Derwick has declared enemies.
Violence is the only thing they lack.
What would they do to me if they discover my identity?
Impunity, power, and all those stolen riches—what do you think will happen if they get their way in post-Chavista Venezuela?
I won’t back down.
In their thug-like frenzy, the Bolichicos Convit, Trebbau, and Betancourt are showing that they are terrified. The power lies with us, the ones who raise our voices.