Venezuela Thwarts Mini-Coup
CARACAS (Dispatches) -- Venezuela has captured a group of military officers who stole weapons and kidnapped four officials, the government said in a statement on Monday, hours after a social media video showed a sergeant demanding the removal of President Nicolas Maduro.
The incident appeared to involve only low-ranking officers with little capacity to force out Maduro who was inaugurated on Jan. 10 and has denounced efforts to encourage a coup against him. "The armed forces categorically reject this type of action, which is most certainly motivated by the dark interests of the extreme right,” the government said.
The incident appeared to involve only low-ranking officers with little capacity to force out Maduro who was inaugurated on Jan. 10 and has denounced efforts to encourage a coup against him. "The armed forces categorically reject this type of action, which is most certainly motivated by the dark interests of the extreme right,” the government said.