Three US citizens, two Spaniards and a Czech were arrested in Venezuela on charges of plotting to overthrow and assassinate Maduro.
Venezuelan authorities announced the arrest of three US citizens, two Spanish citizens and a Czech citizen, whom they suspect of plotting to overthrow the current government. According to the BBC, Interior Minister Diosdado Cabello said that those arrested were planning the assassination of Venezuelan leader Nicolas Maduro and other high-ranking officials. “They contacted French mercenaries, mercenaries from Eastern Europe, and they took part in an operation to attack our country,” Cabello said.