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Venezuelan Intelligence Thwarts Planned Attack on Government HQ

  • A security guard stands outside the Central Bank of Venezuela in Caracas.

    A security guard stands outside the Central Bank of Venezuela in Caracas. | Photo: Reuters

Published 16 August 2017
Opinion

The plan was said to threaten the safety of President Nicolas Maduro and other government officials.

The Bolivarian National Intelligence Service said Tuesday they had detected and neutralized an assault plan at the headquarters of the Venezuelan government, the Miraflores Palace.

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The plan was said to threaten the safety of President Nicolas Maduro and other government officials in the capital city of Caracas.

Intelligence forces decoded several messages that were sent to plan the attack, which consisted of a series of symbols drawn in the streets of downtown Caracas, which marked the route of the planned attack, according to teleSUR correspondent Madelein Garcia.

"Operation David" had four phases according to Garcia, the first one was the air attack on the Supreme Court of Justice, where a helicopter from the Venezuela's Scientific, Penal and Criminal Investigations agency was hijacked in June, firing shots toward the building, followed by two explosions which were said to be grenades, according to official sources.

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The second involved the ground assault on Fort Paramacay, a paramilitary-style terrorist attack carried out recently in the central state of Carabobo, which was immediately defeated by the National Bolivarian Armed Forces.

The third part of the plan included the assisted escape of General Isaias Baduel, who is currently serving a prison sentence for conspiracy. The final phase was to enter Miraflores with the intention of kidnapping President Maduro and senior officials in the government.

As part of this operation, the security forces have captured 18 people, as well as issuing international arrest warrants for nine others. The Venezuelan government said it didn't rule out that foreign secret agents were operating in the country using that system of symbols.

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