Venezuelan security forces and fishermen doubling as Bolivarian militia arrested several dozen mercenaries in the wake of a botched naval invasion earlier this month. A US national allegedly involved in the plot has said that the operation was aimed at kidnapping President Nicolas Maduro and taking him back to the United States for prosecution.
More than 40 suspects have now been arrested in connection with the failed May 3-4 mercenary invasion of Venezuela, with three men captured by troops in Carayaca, about 55 km outside Caracas, on Monday, Venezuela's Bolivarian National Guard has confirmed.
The guard released a tweet featuring photos of the three suspects, saying the men are suspected of having entered the country “with the intention of provoking acts of violence.”
The men's capture follows the announcement by Strategic Command Operations commander Remingio Ceballos Sunday that eight other suspected “mercenary terrorists” had been captured by Venezuelan forces.
Other attackers including two suspected US mercenaries Luke Denman and Airan Berry were captured earlier by Venezuelan fishermen.
Venezuelan authorities reported that between six and eight mercenaries were killed and two others captured on May 3 during the first wave of the botched invasion, with more surrendering in the days that followed.
Media suspect that as many as 60 mercenaries were deployed into venezuela during the…
