“Here is the contract for the invasion of Venezuela on the orders of Donald Trump, who is the direct organizer of this invasion,” the VTV channel quoted him as saying.

#EnVideo 📹 | Presidente @NicolasMaduro: Aquí está el contrato para la invasión de Venezuela por orden de Donald Trump quien es el jefe directo de esta incursión # EscudoBolivarianoTiburón2020pic.twitter.com / Zvi1pl4rVJ

- VTV CANAL 8 (@ VTVcanal8) May 6, 2020

The Ministry of Defense of Venezuela reported that on the morning of May 3, a “group of mercenary terrorists organized and trained in Colombia” tried to get into the country on boats. Colombia later denied any involvement in the incident.

On May 6, United States citizen Luke Alexander Denman, detained in Venezuela for participating in the operation, spoke about the tasks of the militants.

At the same time, the head of the Pentagon, Mark Esper, during a press conference denied accusations by the Bolivarian Republic authorities against the United States of involvement in an attempt to invade Venezuela.