Venezuela dismantles international terrorist operation

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*Intelligence Agency dismantled International Network that sought to generate violent acts with U.S. weapons *Members of International Network linked to wave of post-election violence arrested *Hacker and active U.S. military officer among those detained *Czech-born terrorist wrote down his plans for attacks in a notebook *Minister Cabello reported arrest of terrorist planning to attack the embassy of Argentina

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00:00Venezuelan intelligence dismantled an international network that sought to generate violent actions

00:04in the country.

00:05In addition, an arsenal of weapons arriving from the United States was seized.

00:08Let's see the details.

00:14Venezuelan intelligence seized more than 400 rifles and pistols sent from the US.

00:20They were intended to enter Venezuela through normal shipments to be used by terrorist groups.

00:26Some of the weapons are for exclusive use by the United States Army.

00:31The Minister of Interior, Justice and Peace, Diosdado Cabello, showed a video where FBI

00:37officials were present at the warehouse, where the weapons were sent from in Orlando, Florida,

00:44US.

00:45We reached this number of rifles, more than 400 rifles.

00:52What were these rifles for?

00:54Let's go to the second point.

00:56These rifles were not for an exhibition.

00:58These rifles were for terrorist acts that were going to happen here in Venezuela.

01:03Terrorism promoted by political sectors in Venezuela.

01:16Members of an international network linked to the wave of post-election violence were

01:21also arrested.

01:23All of them had previously passed through a hotel in Colombia, arrived in Caracas and

01:28from there went to Maracay in the state of Aragua.

01:32They are linked to a fugitive from justice for the murder of a student and an opposition

01:37leader who participated in the violent post-election actions, also detained.

01:47She appears in a demonstration in Yupita.

01:50She lives in Yupita.

01:53She is a contact of these gentlemen, of these two Spaniards.

02:01They ask her via telephone how they can buy explosives, how they can contact a group to

02:05do some special work and on her phone.

02:12With them in direct communication they plan the assassination of the mayor of Yupita.

02:17Needless to say, a revolutionary mayoress.

02:29The attack plan had several edges.

02:31Among those arrested is an American hacker, Aaron Barrett.

02:35Another prisoner from the same country is Wilbur Joseph Castaneda, an active military

02:41officer who is part of an explosives group with a course in river operations and parachuting.

02:48He spent ten months in the Afghanistan war and six months in Iraq.

02:52He traveled to Colombia in 2012 for an exchange of knowledge.

02:57Venezuelan authorities revealed WhatsApp conversations where Castaneda coordinated armed actions.

03:03The White House stated on Wednesday, September 4th, that the detainee was in Venezuela for

03:09personal matters.

03:13But it is the White House that assumes the defense of this gentleman, they immediately

03:18say.

03:19No, he was safe without permission.

03:21It's normal for them to say that.

03:22He was on personal business.

03:24It seems to be normal in the United States for a military man of this type to go out

03:29and do personal things and not inform anyone.

03:32Active duty military.

03:38Another of those arrested is Jan Darmozal of Czech origin and a member of the Commando

03:43AZ mercenary team.

03:46He wrote down his plan in a notebook to take over the airport and attack the Miraflores

03:51Palace.

03:52Diosdado Cabello denounced the link between the mercenaries and the intelligence agencies

03:58of Spain and the United States.

04:03The CIA is in charge of this operation, and the other that does not surprise us either.

04:08But knowing that they always had a low profile knowing that the CIA operates in this area,

04:13which is the National Intelligence Center of Spain.

04:22These two captured people say so.

04:24They even talk about a group of mercenaries that they are looking for to bring them to

04:27Venezuela with the very clear objective of assassinating President Nicolas Maduro, Vice

04:33President Delsi Rodriguez, myself and other comrades who are leaders of our party.

04:44The minister also reported the arrest of persons who were planning to detonate explosives at

04:49the embassy of Argentina in Caracas with the purpose of harming the Venezuelan government

04:55through a false positive.

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