"The remains of 32 Cuban military personnel killed during a US operation in Caracas and three nearby states aimed at capturing Nicolas Maduro arrived on Wednesday at the headquarters of the Ministry of the Revolutionary Armed Forces in Havana. Authorities said the facilities will remain open throughout the day to allow the public to pay tribute to the fallen soldiers. Footage filmed on Thursday shows long lines of civilians and members of the Armed Forces waiting to enter the complex, where the remains of the fallen military personnel were laid out for a public tribute. "I am here gathered with my people to pay tribute to the fallen brothers of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela in fulfilment of an internationalist mission [...] And to show the world that once again we have been victims of that horrendous role that imperialism plays throughout the world, of doing and undoing without anyone being held accountable," said Aleandro Leiva, Lieutenant Colonel of the Armed Forces. Magela Guillen Collado, head of section at the Homicide Department of the Specialised Union of Criminal Investigation of Common Rights, said the 32 military personnel "defended the sister homeland as their own and gave their lives," adding that "any of us could have been in their place." The remains of 32 Cuban military personnel arrived from Venezuela on Thursday at Jose Marti International Airport, where Cuban leader Raul Castro and President Miguel Diaz-Canel received them. The Cuban government declared two days of tribute and announced a series of commemorative events, saying they are intended to reaffirm national unity in the face of US threats. The tribute events will conclude on Friday with a protest in front of the United States embassy in Havana."