Venezuela denounces assassination plans to international entities

CARACAS
Nicolás Maduro, president of the National Assembly of Venezuela, announced on April 20 that he will present public accusations before several international bodies regarding assassination plans against President Hugo Chávez.

He stated that they intend to release to the public evidence of a meeting held to plan the president’s assassination, and explained that this will be one of the National Assembly’s objectives.

He described the evidence as serious, and noted that it has been silenced by the media.

Venezuela has requested an investigation by Colombia via Claudia Blum, president of the Colombian Parliament, who communicated the request to the Colombian Attorney General.

Maduro announced that a special commission will be organized that will gather the proposals that emerge from the meetings, from which a work agenda will be devised aimed at investigating the accusations concerning the assassination plot.

The commission will analyze the most recent revelations made by Rafael García, former director of Informatics for Colombia’s Administrative Department of Security (DAS).

Those accusations were published in the Colombian magazine Semana and Cambio, and subsequently circulated by the majority of the Venezuelan media.

According to García, one participant in the assassination plans against Chávez and other leaders is Jorge Noguera, former director of the secret service and current Colombian Consul in Milán, as well as former government officials and paramilitaries.

President Alvaro Uribe ordered Noguera to return to Colombia to respond to these accusations.