Venezuela: the suspects who wanted to kill Nicolás Maduro have been arrested | Seven people from the USA, Spain and the Czech Republic

2024-09-15 03:01:00

Minister of the Interior of Venezuela, Diosdado Cabello, announced this Saturday the arrest of two Spanish citizens, three Americans and one Czechinvolved in an alleged operation that contains things that have brought out terrorist acts, as well kill the president Nicolas Maduro (Photograph).

According to the ministers, press conference, in the activities they were More than 400 weapons shipped from the United States were seized and some of those arrested came to bring a group of slaves to Venezuela with the purpose of killing Maduro, as well as the Vice President, Delcy Rodríguez, and other Chavismo leaders.

The detainees

Cabello explained that the Spaniards were arrested in Puerto Ayacucho, the capital of the state of Amazonas (south, located in Colombia and Brazil), while maintaining that both have connections with the National Intelligence Service Spanish language (CNI).

According to the minister, in the detained phones the authorities found information about their contacts with the regional leader of the group Vente Venezuela (VV), who was asked how to buy explosives and to contact groups that want to do some “call out. ” “.

After the smuggling of weapons, Cabello pointed out, the former commissioner of the Caracas police Iván Simonovis, who is convinced – has direct links in Venezuela with the leaders of the majority opposition, among whom he mentions María Corina Machado, the main supporter former Presidential Candidate Edmundo González Urrutia, who has been exiled since September 8 in Spain.

Diplomatic tensions

The minister demanded that the United States Government, which is accused of being behind the operation, explain the use of its territory for the transfer of weapons. with the purpose of destroying our own Government. “Venezuela has been constantly under siege by the government with its allies, who have no illusions and the Venezuelan State has been obliged to take decisions to protect itself,” he added.

The Spanish Embassy in Venezuela asked the Government of that country to have access to the two main detainees to verify their identities and nationality and, if they are Spanish citizens, to know exactly what they file a complaint and they can get all the help they need. .

The grips are between strong diplomatic disputes between Caracas and the governments of Spain and the United Statesafter the elections of July 28, in which the National Electoral Council (CNE) announced Maduro’s re-election without pressing the minutes, amid complaints of fraud by the opposition.