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Wednesday, May 6, 2020

Trump Denies US Involvement In Venezuelan 'Coup Plot' After American Mercenaries Captured

updatePresident Trump has addressed the bizarre headline-grabbing development which has jolted Venezuela back center-stage in the news and in Washington.
On Tuesday afternoon Trump told reporters at the White House he had no knowledge or involvement in the latest failed plot to oust Nicolas Maduro, which resulted in the capture and detention of two American former special forces soldiers - dubbed "mercenaries" by Maduro - who were involved in an apparent 'invasion' from the sea, likely launched out of neighboring Colombia. Per the AFP:
President Donald Trump denies US government involvement in what Venezuela’s president says was an attempted overthrow in which two Americans were arrested.
“It has nothing to do with our government,” Trump tells reporters at the White House.
Two Americans identified as Luke Denman, 34, and Airan Berry, 41, are still reportedly in Venezuelan detention and have been paraded in front of state TV.
Maduro has since accused both Trump and Colombian President Ivan Duque of being behind the plot, the AFP reports further.

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