Venezuela: US dismisses claim CIA plotted to assassinate Nicolas Maduro

Three US citizens, two Spaniards and a Czech citizen were arrested on suspicion of planning to destabilise the country.

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Three US citizens, two Spaniards and one Czech national have been arrested on suspicion of plotting to destabilise the country, the Interior Minister said.

Calling the detainees “mercenaries”, Diosdado Cabello claimed that the CIA “is leading the operation” and that hundreds of weapons had been seized.

The US rejected the claims, which come after Washington placed 16 senior government officials under sanctions, as "categorically false".

A spokesperson for the State Department said a US military member was being held and noted "unconfirmed reports of two additional US citizens detained in Venezuela."

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