“I learned about the plan led by Alvaro Uribe Veles with the participation of Colombian Ambassador to the USA Francisco Santo ... send 32 mercenaries to Venezuela to come and try to kill me,” La Vanguardia quotes him.
In August 2018, an attempt was made on Maduro. The USA declared its non-involvement.
Subsequently, the Venezuelan leader said that the assassination attempt was carried out by order of the adviser to the American national security leader John Bolton.