The Foreign Ministry has denied that Spain is involved in a political destabilization operation in Venezuela and “categorically rejected any suggestion” about it, after the Venezuelan government claimed that Spain “was going to provide mercenaries” for an alleged operation led by the United States.
Venezuelan Interior Minister Diosdado Cabello said Saturday that the two Spaniards detained in the Caribbean country had links to Spain’s National Intelligence Center (CNI) and that they had been arrested for their involvement in an alleged operation to commit acts of “terrorists,” including the assassination of Nicolas Maduro.
Official sources in the Foreign Affairs denied this information and added that “the government has verified that the detainees are not part of the CNI or any other state organization.”
