Argentine National Among Alleged Conspirators Arrested in Venezuela
- On May 22, 2025, Venezuelan authorities arrested 38 individuals, including an Argentine national, linked to a transnational mercenary network plotting attacks in Venezuela.
- This operation targeted a conspiracy involving foreign criminal groups and political actors attempting to undermine stability in Venezuela prior to the regional and legislative elections scheduled for May 25.
- The suspects planned violent acts such as embassy bombings, kidnappings of officials' relatives, and other sabotage tactics funded by drug trafficking connected to the Albanian-Ecuadorian mafia.
- Interior Minister Diosdado Cabello declared, "We are deployed all over Venezuela," emphasizing security force preparedness during electoral campaigning against attempts to instigate violence.
- The arrests underscore Venezuela's stated efforts to maintain sovereignty and public order amid opposition boycotts and foreign interference accusations while elections proceed on May 25.
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Maduro's Government Arrests Three Foreigners Accused of Conspiring Against Elections · Global Voices
The regime of Nicolás Maduro has arrested three foreign citizens for their alleged participation in a conspiracy against next Sunday’s elections in Venezuela. It is a Spaniard, an Argentine and a Bulgarian, who join an Albanian and other foreigners who had been arrested in previous days, with similar accusations. On this Thursday, the Spaniard and the Argentine, Pablo González Carrasco, have been released. There was no confirmation about the ide…
Argentine national among alleged conspirators arrested in Venezuela
Nationals of Argentina, Bulgaria, and Spain have been arrested in Venezuela. They were accused of plotting to 'sabotage, by violent means,' the country ahead of the May 25 regional and legislative elections. According to Interior Minister Diosdado Cabello, the group was intercepted at sea with 200 kilos of gunpowder, allegedly part of a conspiracy linked to fugitive former commissioner Iván Simonovis and opposition leader María Corina Machado.
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