Colombian president accused of involvement in Venezuela coup attempt
COLOMBIAN President Ivan Duque was central to an attempt to overthrow the Venezuelan government, according to a woman detained in Bogota last year in connection with gun smuggling. Yacsy Alvarez insists that Mr Duque knew all the details of the plot, codenamed Operation Gideon, against his Venezuelan counterpart Nicolas Maduro. Speaking from La Picalena prison in the central city of Ibague, she explained that she was working with Colombian intelligence services who supported the coup attempt foiled by Venezuela’s armed forces on May 3 last year. “I was always in contact with National I...
Source: morningstaronline.co.uk