Venezuela's President Maduro claims authorities thwarted a terrorist plot to bomb the US embassy, aiming to escalate drug war tensions. He alleges local extremists attempted to plant explosives, a move Caracas had warned Washington about. This incident occurs amidst strained US-Venezuela relations, with the US previously deploying naval assets to combat drug trafficking, which Maduro views as a pretext for regime change.
Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro on Monday announced that the authorities had foiled a “false flag operation” by local terrorists who allegedly tried to plant explosives at the US embassy in Caracas. He claimed the attack was meant to worsen tensions between Venezuela and the United States over drug trafficking issues.Speaking during his weekly television program, Maduro said two unnamed sources had reported that a local terrorist group attempted to place an explosive device at the US embassy to provoke a diplomatic crisis with Washington, news agency AFP reported. Jorge Rodríguez, head of Venezuela’s delegation for dialogue with the United States earlier said that Caracas had warned Washington about a “serious threat” from extremists who allegedly tried to plant “lethal explosives” at the embassy."We have reinforced security measures at this diplomatic mission," Rodríguez said.The Venezuelan government, led by Maduro’s socialist party, frequently accuses the opposition of plotting against it.Diplomatic relations between Caracas and Washington were...
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