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(CNN Spanish) - The vice president of communication of the government of Nicolás Maduro, Jorge Rodríguez, denounced an alleged plot in which he involved the Colombian government to allegedly attack several targets in the Venezuelan capital.
The accusation was made during an address transmitted in public media this Saturday from the Miraflores Palace, headquarters of the presidency.
According to Rodriguez, the alleged conspiracy, which he said was planned from paramilitary camps in Colombia, was revealed from the discovery of alleged explosives at two points west of the city.
He said that in the wake of an intelligence operation, the authorities captured a Colombian-Venezuelan citizen whom he involved with leaders of the Venezuelan opposition in exile and military detainees to install explosives in Caracas.
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Rodriguez presented as the main evidence of his accusations the filmed statement of the captured man who in the recording says he has received orders from Colombia by a recognized Venezuelan retired military.
The objectives included the Caracas Courthouse, according to the official.
"We, through an intelligence operation, have achieved not only the geographical location of the camps where they train murderers and terrorists, but also the photographs of the facades of those camps," said Rodriguez, who later explained that such information was obtained. through the cell phone of the Colombian citizen they arrested.
Venezuelan Communication Minister Jorge Rodríguez shows the image of Venezuelan retired military officer Rafael Ernesto Díaz Cuello, who was arrested for allegedly leaking confidential information to Colombia, before the alleged drone attack on President Nicolás Maduro in August 2018. The image is during a press conference at the Miraflores presidential palace, in October 2018. (Credit: RONALDO SCHEMIDT / AFP / Getty Images)
Without showing any other evidence, Rodriguez accused the government of Iván Duque to protect alleged "paramilitaries" who would conspire against Nicolás Maduro.
"You are an accomplice of these murderers and terrorists," Rodriguez told the Colombian president.
The government of Nicolás Maduro repeatedly accuses the government of Colombia of being involved in alleged destabilizing actions to overthrow Nicolás Maduro from the presidency.
"Where is Mrs. Bachelet to take care of the human rights of all?" The Venezuelan vice president of communications questioned about his complaint.
For its part, the Colombian government has not reacted to these accusations.
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