Venezuela"s President Nicolas Maduro speaks during a news conference at Miraflores palace in Caracas March 14, 2014. REUTERS/Carlos Garcia Rawlins
3 Venezuelan Generals Arrested, Accused Of Coup Plot -- CNN
(CNN) -- Venezuela's President says his country has arrested three air force generals accused of plotting a coup.
"Last night we captured three generals, who we had been investigating...three generals who were trying to turn the air force against the legitimately constituted government," President Nicolas Maduro said in remarks broadcast Tuesday on state-run VTV. "They were organizing a coup. This captured group has direct ties with sectors of the opposition, and they said that this week was the decisive week."
The generals, whom he did not name, will be charged in military court, he said.
Maduro revealed the arrests as he spoke to a commission of South American foreign ministers who are visiting his country as part of efforts to facilitate dialogue as political tensions mount.
Weeks of clashes between opposition protesters and government forces have left at least 36 people dead, authorities say.
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Paranoia strikes deep.
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