Venezuela Detains Alleged
Colombian Spies
CARACAS - Venezuelan Interior and Justice
Minister Tarek El Aissami said Tuesday that
authorities have detained eight Colombian
citizens for allegedly spying.
The detainees had pictures of the Venezuelan
national electricity system and road
infrastructure, so they were possibly
carrying out destabilization and electricity
sabotage plans against Venezuela, Aissami
told the private TV channel Venevision.
Aissami did not disclose any more details of
the investigation, but he said that he will
give a press conference in a few hours with
more details on the captured spies.
He said that this is not the first time
members of the Colombian Intelligence
Administrative Department of Security (DAS)
had been detained, as members of
paramilitary groups in Venezuelan territory
had been detained as well.
Commercial and political ties between
Venezuela and Colombia were frozen due to
the controversial U.S.-Colombia military
agreement, which allows the presence of U.S.
troops at seven Colombian military bases. |
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