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“Yesterday […] we captured […] an American spy who spied on the Amuay and Cardón refineries in Falcón state, ”said the Venezuelan president, in a speech broadcast on television, quoted by the France-Presse (AFP) news agency.
According to Maduro, he is a “marine who served in CIA bases in Iraq” and was captured in possession of “heavy weapons” and a “large amount of dollars.”
The arrest came after authorities “discovered and dismantled” a plan to blow up the El Palito refinery, the closest to Caracas, located in the central state of Carabobo, according to the Venezuelan president.
Hours before the arrest was announced, the Venezuelan government had announced an “emergency plan” to regulate “fuel distribution” in the face of the severe gasoline shortage in the South American country, which is causing queues at service stations. .
Venezuela has the largest oil reserves in the world, but suffers from a huge fuel shortage.
Even in Caracas, which has been spared in the past, queues at gas stations reach several kilometers in some places and drivers have to wait hours or even days before they can refuel.
In August, two former US servicemen, Luke Alexander Denman and Airan Berry, were sentenced to 20 years in prison on charges of conspiracy, illicit trafficking in weapons of war and terrorism, following an armed incursion into Venezuela in May. .
Denman said in a video released by the Venezuelan government that he had orders to seize control of an airport near Caracas to send Maduro to the United States, where he is wanted on various drug-related charges.
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