*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
*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.