The Carapaica Revolutionary Movement is a terrorist organization operating in Caracas, Venezuela.  The group supports the current government of President Hugo Chavez.  While this organization is not a member of the Bolivarian Circles, it does support the constitutionality of Chavez's rule and contests any efforts to remove Chavez from power.  The Carapaica Revolutionary Movement has gone as far as attacking the Caracas Metropolitan Police because of the police's participation in controlling pro-Chavez street demonstrations.  The Carapaica Revolutionary Movement also criticizes the political organization, Bandera Roja, for its alleged support of the Chavez opposition forces.  <P> The membership of the Carapaica Revolutionary Movement is highly speculative.  In August 2002, Venezuela's Scientific and Criminal Investigations Corps (CICPC) claimed that several Carapaica members possessed criminal records for homicide, rape, and armed robbery.  CICPC also indicated that some Carapaica members were dissident members of another Caracas terrorist organization, the Tupamaro Revolutionary Movement.  In a separate development, a group of women staged a November 2002 press conference to announce themselves as the female guerilla wing of the organization.  <P> These descriptions and examples of the group's membership notwithstanding, in September 2002 STRATFOR Strategic Forecasting cited intelligence reports that the Carapaica Revolutionary Movement is principally comprised of former Venezuelan army personnel.  The intelligence report estimates the group membership at 40 people.  Finally, the report cites a direct link to the Chavez government, stating that the Venezuelan Interior and Justice Ministry trained and equipped this terrorist group.  For its part, representatives of the Venezuelan government deny any relationship with the group.  Furthermore, an official of the Interior and Justice Ministry publicly warned the Carapaica Revolutionary Movement that continued criminal violence by the group would be punished.