委内瑞拉扩军

 　　CARACAS, July 15 (Xinhua) -- The Venezuelan government on Monday expanded its army-led Safe Homeland Plan to four more states.

　　Interior and Justice Minister Miguel Rodriguez launched the security plan simultaneously¹ to the states of Nueva Esparta and Amazonas in the east, and Apure and Portuguesa in the southwest, at an official event on Margarita Island, the country's leading Caribbean resort.

　　Almost 30,000 troops from the National Bolivarian Armed Forces (FANB) have been deployed² to the four states, patrolling Venezuela's largest cities together with local police, the minister said.

　　The Safe Homeland strategy calls for the temporary deployment³ of military troops to high-crime urban centers.

　　The special plan was unveiled on May 13 by President Nicolas Maduro, who at the time announced the deployment of the first 3,000 troops to the country's capital Caracas.

　　The plan has been gradually extended to the rest of the country, with the focus on the 79 most populated cities, where 86 percent of the most serious crimes occur.

　　Last week, Rodriguez reported that Venezuela's new homeland security plan has helped cut crime by some 30 percent since its implementation⁴ in mid-May.

　　Thanks to the plan, authorities have rescued 29 people who had been abducted⁵, arrested 971 suspects for homicide, 81 for kidnapping and 231 for theft, and confiscated⁶ 979 pieces of firearms and 6,286 pieces of ammunition⁷, the minister said.

　　The plan also includes education and crime prevention measures within communities, such as anti-bullying campaigns and sex education classes at schools, among others.

　　Crime rate in Venezuela has been among Latin America's worst. The country also sees high rates of kidnappings and car theft, with 58 shooting homicides per 100,000 inhabitants in 2012, according to official figures.

1 simultaneously   

adv.同时发生地，同时进行地

参考例句：

• The radar beam can track a number of targets almost simultaneously.雷达波几乎可以同时追着多个目标。
• The Windows allow a computer user to execute multiple programs simultaneously.Windows允许计算机用户同时运行多个程序。

2 deployed   

（尤指军事行动）使展开( deploy的过去式和过去分词 )； 施展； 部署； 有效地利用

参考例句：

• Tanks have been deployed all along the front line. 沿整个前线已部署了坦克。
• The artillery was deployed to bear on the fort. 火炮是对着那个碉堡部署的。

3 deployment   

n. 部署,展开

参考例句：

• He has inquired out the deployment of the enemy troops. 他已查出敌军的兵力部署情况。
• Quality function deployment (QFD) is a widely used customer-driven quality, design and manufacturing management tool. 质量功能展开(quality function deployment,QFD)是一个广泛应用的顾客需求驱动的设计、制造和质量管理工具。

4 implementation   

n.实施，贯彻

参考例句：

• Implementation of the program is now well underway.这一项目的实施现在行情看好。

5 abducted   

劫持，诱拐( abduct的过去式和过去分词 )； 使（肢体等）外展

参考例句：

• Detectives have not ruled out the possibility that she was abducted. 侦探尚未排除她被绑架的可能性。
• The kid was abducted at the gate of kindergarten. 那小孩在幼儿园大门口被绑架走了。

6 confiscated   

没收，充公( confiscate的过去式和过去分词 )

参考例句：

• Their land was confiscated after the war. 他们的土地在战后被没收。
• The customs officer confiscated the smuggled goods. 海关官员没收了走私品。

7 ammunition   

n.军火，弹药

参考例句：

• A few of the jeeps had run out of ammunition.几辆吉普车上的弹药已经用光了。
• They have expended all their ammunition.他们把弹药用光。