{"id":42109,"date":"2013-08-27T14:59:36","date_gmt":"2013-08-27T11:59:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.nationalturk.com\/en\/?p=42109"},"modified":"2019-04-01T15:13:25","modified_gmt":"2019-04-01T14:13:25","slug":"colombian-hitmen-plot-to-assassinate-venezuelan-president-maduro-latin-america-news-42109","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.nationalturk.com\/en\/colombian-hitmen-plot-to-assassinate-venezuelan-president-maduro-latin-america-news-42109\/","title":{"rendered":"Colombian Hitmen Plot To Assassinate Venezuelan President Maduro \/ Latin America News"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Two Colombian hitmen have been arrested for plotting to assassinate the Venezuelan president Nicolas Maduro.<\/h1>\n

The men were part of a 10-strong crack team who had been sent to murder President Nicolas Maduro, the Interior Minister Miguel Rodriguez said.<\/p>\n

He claimed that the men, named as Vactor Johan Guache Mosquera and Erick Leonardo Huertas Rios, were working on the orders of the former Colombian president Alvaro Uribe.<\/p>\n

Mr Rodriguez said they were part of “a group of 10 men who were coming to carry out the murder of the president”.<\/p>\n

He added that they were part of a support team for a “highly experienced hitman” identified by the alias David, whom they reported to directly and who was to personally carry out the killing.<\/p>\n

Mr Rodriguez claimed that “David” was taking orders from a Colombian who was in prison, Oscar Alcantara Gonzalez, alias “Gancho Mosco”, who allegedly worked for Uribe.<\/p>\n

He said: “We have no doubt that Alvaro Uribe Velez has knowledge of all these things … And we are not the least bit surprised that he is the one giving orders through operatives.”<\/p>\n

Opposition leader Henrique Capriles, who lost the April presidential vote and is contesting the results, condemned the claims as far-fetched and said: “Nobody believes that tall tale.”<\/p>\n

Mr Rodriguez in June alleged that Mr Maduro was targeted by a separate assassination plot launched from Colombia and the United States.<\/p>\n

Venezuela made frequent allegations of assassination plots against the late leftist President Hugo Chavez and has continued to do so under Mr Maduro, his hand-picked successor.<\/p>\n

Official results gave Maduro, 50, a razor-thin margin of just 1.5% over Mr Capriles, 41, in the April 14 election.<\/p>\nError, group does not exist! Check your syntax! (ID: 10)<\/span>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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