Posted on 01/06/2026 9:49:52 PM PST by SeekAndFind
There's been an unwelcome development in Venezuela, and it comes in the form of colectivos on motorcycles armed with Russian-made weapons hunting down citizens who cheered the actions of the Trump administration, which led to the fall of dictator Nicolás Maduro. While Maduro awaits justice in a New York jail, his civilian foot soldiers – after having gone underground in the wake of the United States' successful combined military and law enforcement action – have surfaced and are looking to serve up a justice of their own on anyone who welcomed Trump's involvement and cheered Maduro's removal.
Several different reports say colectivos descended upon the Venezuelan capital of Caracas on Monday and Tuesday, causing gridlock and mayhem as they hunted down Trump supporters and looked to mete out revenge.
The masked thugs, known as Colectivos, holding Russian automatic weapons, brought rush hour traffic to a grinding halt in the Venezuelan capital, stopping drivers at checkpoints and demanding to search their phones and cars, four sources in Venezuela confirmed Monday and Tuesday.
The troubled circumstances have residents on edge over what will happen next, said the Venezuelans, who requested anonymity because of the threat of retaliation.
Pro-Maduro motorcycle gang, ‘Colectivos,’ hunting for Trump supporters in Caracas https://t.co/HFMzoAEl9C pic.twitter.com/vkZeeStT8w— New York Post (@nypost) January 6, 2026
The reemergence of the colectivos comes on the heels of reports that the interim Venezuelan government had begun its own hunt for those who celebrated Maduro's arrest. Here's RedState's Ward Clark on Monday:
Now the top man and his wife are facing federal charges in the United States, but his illegal junta is still in charge of the South American nation, and already, they are seeking reprisals against anyone in Venezuela who may have supported the American raid.
Venezuelan authorities have been ordered to find and arrest anyone involved in supporting the military operation that led to the arrest of Nicolás Maduro.
A state of emergency decree issued Saturday, but published Monday, orders police to "immediately begin the national search and capture of everyone involved in the promotion or support for the armed attack by the United States," according to the text of the decree, Reuters reported.
It was not clear what charges could be levied against those taken into custody.
As Ward noted, the colectivos had gone silent while the government hunted down its perceived enemies, but now it's a one-two punch against those who welcome the demise of communism in their country. Journalists are reportedly also going into hiding, fearing the revenge efforts of the regime.
One local said, “The future is uncertain, the Colectivos have weapons, the Colombian guerrilla is already here in Venezuela, so we don’t know what’s going to happen, time will tell."
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If you haven't read streiff's take on the new regime, headed temporarily by Maduro associate Delcy Rodriguez, it lays out beautifully how the new regime, nominally supported by the Trump administration, is same as the old regime. Rodriguez, writes streiff, "is a communist activist and a trusted deputy of both Chavez and Maduro," who was sanctioned by Trump during his first term for "repressing dissent."
The terror campaign currently being waged by the colectivos certainly seems to bolster that the idea that the names may have changed, but the communist ideology persists, and, as streiff concluded, "the only thing that has changed since Saturday is that Maduro is gone."
Not our problem.
It is.
New version of old story this is how the system works down there.
Time for unintended consequences to rear its ugly head.
As part of making himself coup-proof, Chavez armed gangs in the slums with military weapons. They were often used to do what Chavez’s own police wouldn’t do.
Just identify who they are. They’ll get theirs.
Same method Iran uses ...even the motorcycles. Iran used Arab minority thugs on bikes as enforcers to keep the Persian majority cowed, and still does.
A bunch of clothesline and wire would come in handy. Grass clippings on pavement, other fun stuff.
Supposedly there are some 30,000 Cubans installed in the country to keep everyone frozen in fear.
Why do all Delcy’s brothers have different last names?
Lots of babydaddies?
See Miguel Gonzalez's substack: https://miguelgg.substack.com/p/why-the-second-amendment-is-life?utm_source=post-email-title&publication_id=2750043&post_id=183660918&utm_campaign=email-post-title&isFreemail=true&r=536z1e&triedRedirect=true&utm_medium=email
KABUKI THEATER???
TRYING TO LOOK SMART & AGGRESSIVE?
"We will be greeted as liberators." - Dick Cheney, 2003
Antifa on bikes.
Different time, different place and way different President.
When do they start destroying the oil facilities as Saddam did in Kuwait?
The regime isn’t going away. Leaving the Vice President in charge was a mistake.
The hard and brutal lessons of regime change in Iraq will now have to be learned all over again in Venezuela.
We need to find the educated middle class who know how to do stuff, throw them out and turn them into terrorists so we can get a 50 year war out of this. Cheney showed how this is done.
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