Anonymous ID: 7be3d7 Dec. 30, 2018, 5 p.m. No.4528353   🗄️.is 🔗kun   >>8715 >>8763 >>8848

Colombian Government Uncovers ‘Plot to Kill President,’ Arrests 3 Venezuelans

 

BOGOTA, Colombia—The Colombian government has discovered a plot to assassinate President Iván Duque and has arrested three Venezuelans in relation to the plans, according to Colombian Foreign Minister Carlos Holmes.

 

The plot was uncovered by national intelligence services, said Minister Holmes in a video message published on Jan. 29. He added that intelligence services had been monitoring possible plans to kill the president “for months” and that they arrested three Venezuelans found possessing “weapons of war.” The development “increases concerns yet further,” he said.

 

The Ministry for Defense has since informed local media that two of the suspects were found in the coastal city of Valledupar carrying long-range assault rifles, while the third was picked up in Barranquilla carrying a submachine gun and a grenade. A local radio station reported that the plot was to have coincided with the second inauguration of Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro on Jan. 10 and was likely backed by armed groups in Colombia. It isn’t clear about which sources the claims were based.

 

Neither Holmes nor the Foreign Ministry have disclosed details about how the plans were detected, or what the alleged links with the three individuals in custody. Holmes thanked unspecified foreign nations for helping to investigate the assassination plot against the conservative leader.

 

Reuters has since reported that Israel, the United Kingdom, and the United States are collaborating with investigations.

Rocky Relations

 

Relations between the neighboring Latin American nations have been particularly sour in recent months, with both countries expelling the other’s officials and the landing of nuclear-capable Russian bomber jets in Venezuela on Dec. 10.

 

The deterioration in diplomacy has followed the collapse of Venezuela, as it faces widespread food and medicine shortages alongside hyperinflation and widely reported human-rights violations.

 

https://www.theepochtimes.com/colombian-government-uncovers-plot-to-kill-president-arrests-3-venezuelans_2751998.html

Anonymous ID: 7be3d7 Dec. 30, 2018, 5:05 p.m. No.4528419   🗄️.is 🔗kun   >>8542

US-led Coalition: Over 1,000 Taliban Members Killed In Afghanistan Since Early November

 

1,089 Taliban fighters, including 9 commanders, have been killed in operations backed up by coalition airstrikes since November 9, TOLO News reported on December 28 citing data released by US-led Resolute Support Mission.

 

“Resolute Support Mission figures show that in the less than two recent months, over 440 airstrikes have been carried out in support of Afghan Forces in different parts of Afghanistan.

 

From the total airstrikes, 392 airstrikes were carried out in November and 150 airstrikes have been carried out in the three weeks of this month, December, in different parts of the country including Helmand and Farah provinces.

 

According to the Resolute Support Mission, only 450 Taliban fighters have been killed in the three weeks of December in the airstrikes,” TOLO News wrote.

 

The news agency also quoted a representative of the US-led forces, who claimed that the coalition’s military efforts are aimed at setting ground for a political solution of the conflict.

 

https://southfront.org/us-led-coalition-over-1000-taliban-members-killed-in-afghanistan-since-early-november/

 

They should provide video like Russia & Syria do to support their claims