Utopia , a leftist student movement with links to the guerrilla group Bolivarian Forces of Liberation , was active on ULA 's campus . El Aissami joined Utopia and befriended one of its founders , Hugo Cabezas . In 2001 , El Aissami became president of the student union at ULA , with his tenure reportedly having an increase of radical student and criminal activities according to ULA officials . According to the vice rector of academic affairs at ULA , student dormitories which were allegedly occupied by Utopia and its allies , of the 1,122 living there , " only 387 are active students and more than 600 have no university connections " , and that there were " always weapons there " . Unnamed opponents claimed that during student elections El Aissami threatened other candidates with armed gangs , while former governor Florencio Porras ( PSUV ) accused him of attempting to rig student elections . Following the September 11 attacks in 2001 , it was also reported by witnesses that El Aissami had celebrated the attacks on the United States
September 11 attacks
September 11 attacks
Tareck El Aissami