09-03-19.- The President of Venezuela, Nicolás Maduro, reported on Saturday March 9 that the national electrical system was subject to "electromagnetic" attacks.

Maduro said that on March 7, when the first electrical failure occurred, the reconnection maneuvers began when at 6 or 7 pm "we suddenly received an international cyber attack against the brain of our electric company and the start came down."

"The first thing we reconnected was the east of the country: Bolívar, Anzoátegui, Monagas and then we came to part of Caracas After that, when we were reconnecting, a new attack came and we discovered that they were carrying out high-tech scientific attacks, our experts call it electromagnetic attacks against the transmission lines to interrupt the process. "

"Today, already in the morning hours, we had reconnected 70% of the country, when we received at midday another attack of a cybernetic nature and that disturbed the system.The people must be aware of those who sabotage the electric service".

He also said that they are investigating and punishing the guilty. "There are many infiltrators attacking the electric industry from the inside, as happened in the 2002 and 2003 unemployment, but those moles will be discovered and punished," he added.

He noted that, in the attack on the electrical system, they have used high-level technology that only the United States has in the world. "That's going to be known ... The truth is decreed in our destiny!" he said.

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