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Several officers had planned with the support of the US, Colombia and Chile an assassination attempt on President Nicolás Maduro, said Secretary of Communications Jorge Rodríguez. On state television, he claimed that a bomb should hit an important government building, a military base should be taken, and the central bank should be looted. The plan of the alleged putschists should therefore be implemented last Sunday or Monday.
Backers of the planned coup were a group of soldiers and police retired. The goal was to free the former Defense Minister Raul Baduel from prison and to serve as president. According to Rodriguez, at least six suspected participants in the plot were arrested. Rodríguez accused the Colombian leader Ivan Duque, Chilean President Sebastián Piñera and US National Security Advisor Donald Trump, John Bolton, of being involved in the failed coup d'état.
New allegations of the opposition
Opposition leader Juan Guaidó commented on the alleged plot, although he himself was not accused of participating in it. He doubted the depictions of Maduro. "It's always the same story, and the press can not count how many times the same claims have been made."
Juan Guaido (on the right) in conversation with gunmen
Guaido accuses the government of Maduro of trying to arrest some of his staff. The self-proclaimed Venezuelan interim president said his motorcade had been stopped by gunmen on a highway in the capital Caracas. They would have wanted to arrest his employees and bring them to the seat of military intelligence. A video showed Guaidó talking to armed civilian motorcycle riders.
In Venezuela, there has been a bitter power struggle for months between Maduro and the self-proclaimed interim president Guaidó, who is recognized by the US and more than 50 other states. At the end of April, a coup attempt by parts of the armed forces against Maduro had failed. The controversial head of state can still count on the support of the military leadership and is supported, among others, by Russia.
Moscow announced the return journey of three months ago sent to Venezuela Russian soldiers. They completed their mission to provide technical assistance and training to the Venezuelan armed forces, the Russian Embassy in Caracas said.
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