The US state has denied any involvement by Washington in a plot to overthrow the government of the Venezuelan president, Nicolas Maduro, after the authorities of the Latin American country Three American citizens were arrestedtwo Spaniards and a Czech.
“Any claim of US involvement in a plot to overthrow Maduro This is categorically false. “The United States continues to support a democratic solution to the political crisis in Venezuela,” a department spokesperson said, as reported by ABC News.
The spokesman also clarified that the Venezuelan authorities They arrested “an American soldier” and that they are aware of “unconfirmed information regarding two other U.S. citizens detained in Venezuela.”
This comes after Venezuela’s Interior Minister, Diosdado Hairannounced the day before Arrest of two Spanish citizensJosé María Basoa Valdovinos and Andrés Martínez Adasme, with “links to the Spanish National Intelligence Center” and figures close to the Venezuelan opposition who are allegedly preparing a plan to assassinate the country’s president, Nicolás Maduro.
According to them, the two Spaniards were part of a group of fourteen people who were carrying out a “destabilization operation” linked to the Venezuelan opponent María Corina Machado. “The CIA is responsible for this operation,” he said.
Venezuela’s interior minister said one of the detainees was person responsible for the operation and that he was an active-duty U.S. Navy SEAL special forces member and explosives expert. Cabello identified the soldier as Wilbert Joseph Castaneda.
