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Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro Survives Apparent Assassination Attempt by Drone

HeadlineAug 06, 2018

In Venezuela, President Nicolás Maduro has survived an apparent assassination attempt. Officials say drones loaded with explosives detonated above Maduro as he gave a nationally televised speech at a military event in Caracas on Saturday. Maduro has blamed the outgoing Colombian president for the attack.

President Nicolás Maduro: “There has been an attempt to assassinate me. I have no doubt that this all points to the extreme right in Venezuela, in alliance with the right in Colombia, and that Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos is behind this attempt. I have no doubt. Preliminary investigations have indicated to us that there are various financial backers of this attempt on my life. They live in the United States in the state of Florida. Hopefully President Donald Trump’s government is willing to fight these terrorist groups, which are attempting great attacks against countries on this continent, in this case Venezuela.”

U.S. National Security Adviser John Bolton has denied U.S. involvement in the attack, while speaking on Fox News Sunday.

John Bolton: “Well, I can say unequivocally, there is no U.S. government involvement in this at all.”

We’ll have more on Venezuela later in the broadcast.

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