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The president of Venezuela, Nicolás Madurosaid this Monday that last year he was the target of assassination attempts, a frequent complaint from the president, always with the same people responsible: U.Sthe opposition to his government and Colombian drug traffickers.
“In the month of May, in the month of August, in the month of November and December, we dismantled four conspiracies with foreign components, planned from Miami it’s from Colombia“Maduro said in a speech that lasted more than five hours in Parliament.
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“His last attempt (…) his last objective was to assault a military unit” on the border with Colombia, he added.
The president did not make direct statements, but assured that everyone “civil and military, national and foreign“They confessed and are detained, without detailing how many.
Among those captured are “mercenaries and military” in PeruColombia, U.S and others from his country, he said.
“They had the objective of assassinating me (…), assassinating important political and military leaders in Venezuela and creating chaos and commotion in the country” he added after blaming the United States intelligence service, INC.for the drug trafficking Colombian and the “far right”, as referred to by the opposition.
Maduro, who is expected to seek re-election this year, frequently denounces plans to overthrow and assassinate him.
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The clearest occurred in 2018, when two drones exploded near a platform where the president was presiding over an event with military personnel. Around 17 people were prosecuted for this incident.
Many of the so-calledpolitical prisoners” from Venezuela are accused of treason and conspiracy. Americans were also condemned, as Luke Alexander Denman It is Airan Berryto 20 years for a failed armed raid on Venezuela in 2020.
They were released last December, along with eight other citizens, in an exchange with washington which included twenty Venezuelan prisoners in exchange for the businessman Alex Saabaccused of being Maduro’s front man and responding to a money laundering case Florida.
Source: Elcomercio
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