Tense ties between the United States and Venezuela worsened over the weekend as the Latin American country captured two U.S. citizens attempting to overthrow the socialist government along with a band of rebels in a cross-border raid.
Tense ties between the United States and Venezuela worsened over the weekend after the Latin American country captured two U.S. citizens, who as part of a band of rebels, attempted to overthrow the socialist government in a cross-border raid. Now officials from Washington and Caracas are pointing fingers toward one another over the fallout of the ill-fated operation.
"As President Trump and Secretary Esper said, the United States Government was not involved in recent events in Venezuela," a State Department spokesperson toldThe spokesperson said U.S. officials"are aware of reports of the arrest of two U.S. citizens in Venezuela," but declined to comment further on the pair"due to privacy considerations."
"The only ones dedicated to misinformation, manipulation and to permanent attack and aggression against Venezuela is the United States," Maduro said, calling on U.S.
No evidence links the Trump administration to Silvercorp's plan. Goudreau's extensive contacts with high-profile figures opposed to Maduro were detailed in an Associated Press report published Friday. The article associated Goudreau with longtime Trump bodyguard Keith Schiller, defected Venezuelan Major General Clíver Alcalá and activist Lester Toledo, who worked as the humanitarian coordinator for Venezuela's opposition-controlled National Assembly leader Juan Guaidó.
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