Three "mercenaries" were arrested on Saturday in the investigation of the foiled "invasion" in Venezuela, announced President Nicolas Maduro, bringing the total to 34. "We captured three more mercenaries today (…) We let's look for them carefully and we will capture them all, ”said Nicolas Maduro during a television address.
This failed "invasion", which the Venezuelan leader compared to that of the Bay of Pigs in Cuba in 1961, consisted of a landing of men on May 3 and 4 in Macuto, less than an hour's drive from Caracas. on the caribbean coast.
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Two former American soldiers, Luke Denman, 34, and Airan Berry, 41, are incarcerated, charged with "terrorism, conspiracy, trafficking in weapons of war and association" of criminals, and face 30 years in prison. The others implicated in this case are Venezuelans.
According to the government of Nicolas Maduro, the plan was to remove the head of state to allow the coming to power of his opponent Juan Guaido, recognized as interim president by the United States and many other countries. Nicolas Maduro reiterated that he saw US President Donald Trump as "commander in chief of the operation", and Juan Guaido as an accomplice.
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