Venezuela's socialist dictator Nicolás Maduro claimed Wednesday that one of the American citizens his regime recently took hostage on suspicion of being a “mercenary” is a “senior FBI official” working to overthrow his regime.
Recent Venezuelan military arrested They include two Americans, two Colombians and three Ukrainian men, who the dictator described on Tuesday as “important American mercenaries” who have not yet been publicly identified. The group of seven foreigners are members of a “mercenary group” aimed at “causing violence” in the country ahead of Friday, January 10, when President Maduro is scheduled to take office for the third time in six years. He has been accused of being a member. presidential term.
On Wednesday night, President Maduro said this during an official event with members of parliament controlled by his regime. claimed One of the two Americans detained is a “high-ranking FBI official” and the other is a “high-ranking military official.”
Maduro also said that a “mercenary group” said to include two Americans and five other foreign nationals had “funded funds” from the administration of outgoing US President Joe Biden tasked with preventing the impending inauguration. “We have received the offer,” he said.
“This is an announcement of a coup. You know that 125 foreign mercenaries of 25 nationalities have been captured,” President Maduro said. “Yesterday, three Ukrainian mercenaries were captured. They came from the war. Two Americans were captured. One is a high-ranking FBI official and the other is a high-ranking military official.”
“Two Colombian killers were captured in two different locations and they confessed to what they came for. And from yesterday until early this morning, the capture continued as one chain led to another. “It continued,” he continued. “One piece of information leads to another. We have good information to dismantle what we are trying to dismantle, a foreign mercenary invasion that was funded by the outgoing U.S. government.”
Local security forces will carry out “acts of terrorism and destabilization” in Venezuela in the aftermath of the fake election on July 28, 2024, according to President Maduro and other members of his authoritarian socialist regime 125 foreign “mercenaries” were arrested. The Venezuelan regime says the “mercenaries” are nationals of the United States, Peru, Spain, Italy, Israel, Argentina and other countries.
While Maduro claims he is the “winner” of a rigged election, the Venezuelan opposition presented a tally of voters obtained on election day and the candidate, exiled former diplomat Edmundo González (75). ) defeated Maduro in a landslide.
Both Maduro and González was launched González, who fled to Spain in September, is currently on a whirlwind tour of the region, including visits to Argentina, the United States, Panama and other countries. Maduro's government announced that González would be arrested and fined $100,000 if he re-entered Venezuela. bounty About him at the beginning of January.
Immediately after the event with President Maduro and members of Congress, Diosdado Cabello, the regime's interior minister and a longtime target of suspicion, spoke out. drug lordclaimed on the latest episode of his TV show con el mazo dando (“Whacking with a mallet'') The FBI official and other detainees allegedly had “parts of the plan” stored on their phones.
“Yesterday, a top FBI official in Venezuela fell, and in addition to a super heavyweight in the FBI, another FBI heavyweight who had been with the FBI for 20 years also fell. They were sent on a mission to Venezuela, and two of Colombian mercenaries were working for contractors from Ukraine,” Cabello said. said.
Cabello refers to himself in the third person as Ojitos Lindos (“Pretty Eyes”, nickname Opposition leader María Colina Machado has claimed that she is said to want to “produce the deaths of innocent people” by calling for international intervention and the overthrow of the socialist government by Venezuela's military.
A U.S. State Department spokesperson denied the accusations made by Maduro's government in 2016. remarks Appearing on CNN Spanish on Wednesday, he highlighted the State Department's concerns over reports of Americans detained in Venezuela.
“Allegations that the United States is involved in a plot to overthrow Maduro are completely false. The United States continues to support a democratic solution to Venezuela's political crisis,” the spokesperson said.
Christian K. Caruso is a Venezuelan writer who chronicles life under socialism. You can follow him on Twitter here
