Venezuela closes a CIA operation aiming at killing President Maduro

The Venezuelan Ministry of the Interior has declared that it has halted American Intelligence Agency (CIA) plans to assassinate Nicolás Maduro, the national president.

According to the Ministry of the Interior of Venezuela's statement, six foreign nationals—three Americans, two Spanish citizens, one Czech Republic citizen—have been arrested in the nation on suspicion of participation in the attempt. In an interview with Venezuelan national television, Diosdado Cabello, Minister of the Interior, revealed that it was intended for the foreign nationals to take part in the CIA's scheme to topple the government of Venezuela and kill some high-ranking officials of the nation, including President Maduro.

Regarding the illegally purchased weapons from the United States that were imported into Venezuela, Cabello said that they were taken from another set of operatives of the American intelligence agency engaged in the scheme to murder Maduro. Diosdaco Cabello and Maduro According to the Venezuelan Ministry of the Interior, one of the American citizens arrested under the name "Wilbert Joseph Castanda Gomez" is a former US Navy soldier with a past of serving Afghanistan, Iraq, and Colombia. In its remarks, the United States' Ministry of Foreign Affairs has verified the detention of a former national soldier in Venezuela.