Venezuela’s government says 4th US citizen detained in alleged plot to kill president – POLITICO
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Venezuela’s government Tuesday announced the arrest of a fourth U.S. citizen in connection with an alleged plot to kill President Nicolás Maduro in which authorities claim the CIA, Spain’s intelligence agency, organized crime groups, sex workers and members of the opposition are involved.
Interior Minister Diosdado Cabello revealed the arrest and details of the plot during a speech before the National Assembly, whose members applauded the detention. Cabello did not identify the most recently detained American.
The alleged plan joins dozens of other anti-Maduro plans that his government earlier this year claimed to have foiled.
“Those who try to mess with Venezuela, we will screw them, regardless of their name,” Cabello said.
He spoke hours after an independent panel of experts backed by the United Nations’ Human Rights Council issued a scathing report against Maduro’s government, accusing it of deploying the “harshest and most violent mechanisms of its repressive apparatus” in the wake of the disputed July presidential election.
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