María Corina Machado at a rally in Caracas, January 10, 2025. Photo: Jimmy Villalta /VWPics/Legion-Media.
The Venezuelan minister of the Interior, Justice, and Peace, Diosdado Cabello, reported that far-right politician María Corina Machado was behind the failed attack on the former US Embassy in Caracas.
Machado “failed in her attempt to escalate violence, as her plan to attack the US Embassy in Caracas was exposed,” Cabello said on his television program Con el Mazo Dando on Wednesday, October 8. He added that the leader of the far-right opposition faction was trying “to provoke a foreign military reaction,” although she “ended up confirming her usual incompetence.”
In this situation, the Venezuelan government “did what was necessary” and established “direct communication” with the US to warn it of the threat, he said.
President Maduro: Venezuela Informed US of Terrorist Plot Against US Embassy in Caracas
Earlier, President Nicolás Maduro had stated that those responsible for planning the bombing are in the United States and that their “names, surnames, and location” had already been handed over to the Trump administration through the chargé d’affaires of the US diplomatic mission in Bogotá, Colombia, John McNamara. The Venezuelan president added that he has not given the order to make the information public, “but if necessary, we will, because we have the evidence.”
The president of the National Assembly of Venezuela and head of the political dialogue processes, Jorge Rodríguez, had warned last Sunday that the far-right opposition was preparing a false-flag provocation against the former US embassy building in the country.
(RT)
Translation: Orinoco Tribune
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