TODAY VENEZUELA – Venezuela has uncovered a plan to destabilize the situation in the country and disrupt the work of the parliament elected on 6 December, state-owned VTV channel reported, citing Interior and Justice Minister Carmen Melendez.
Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro earlier said Colombia was preparing a new attack on Venezuela at the end of the year, including against the military.
According to Melendez, an operation called “Boycott the National Assembly” is being prepared, it was supposed to be carried out on 27 December – 5 January. The head of the operation, the minister said, is opposition leader Leopoldo Lopez, who fled Venezuela, he is supported from abroad, in particular in Colombia, where the operation participants are trained.
The purpose of the criminals was to carry out attacks against relatives of high-ranking government officials, against the military and the police, governors, elected lawmakers, and the prosecutor general, Melendez said. In addition, according to the minister, attacks were planned on an oil refinery and a power plant.
Several people involved in the terrorist plan have already been detained.
The three individuals – described as “officials of the Intelligence Directorate of the Government of Colombia” – are believed to have links to alleged efforts to disrupt the installation of Venezuela’s new National Assembly (AN).
Desarticulamos un plan terrorista para atentar contra la instalación de la nueva AN el próximo #5Ene, orquestado por el prófugo de la justicia venezolana, Leopoldo López. Instruí al canciller Jorge Arreaza, para que se comunique con la embajada de España. ¡Máxima Alerta! pic.twitter.com/NuPzJ13PU9
— Nicolás Maduro (@NicolasMaduro) December 30, 2020
‘The purported plans, dubbed “Operation Boycott the AN”, were said to be supported by Spanish elites from Madrid and financed by the government of Colombian President Iván Duque. And, according to Maduro, at the forefront of their execution is said to be Venezuela’s opposition leader Leopoldo López, who is currently living in Spain.
Arreaza to contact his Spanish counterpart in a bid to enlighten him on this “unconstitutional plan”.
This comes just days after Maduro openly accused Colombia of planning “new attacks” against the country’s military with “trained mercenaries”, something he said had Duque’s clear support. In December, the president argued that he had learned about the plot to assassinate him during the parliamentary elections, something that prompted the country’s president to switch polling stations.
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