Posted on 08/05/2018 9:46:12 PM PDT by Seizethecarp
The Venezuelan government made more arrests Sunday in connection with an apparent assassination attempt on President Nicolás Maduro, as the crisis-plagued South American nation braced for a possibility of wider crackdown on dissent.
Interior Minister Néstor Luis Reverol said six “terrorists” were detained Sunday, a day after the government said drones carrying explosives targeted Maduro in the midst of a nationally televised address.
Reverol said there were two drones, which he identified as DJI M600s. Neither, he said, reached its intended target area before detonating. Two separate videos, posted on Twitter, showed drones at the scene; one crashed into a building and the other exploded in midair.
Although some opposition leaders said they doubted the government’s version, two residents of a nearby building said Sunday that they saw the drone and watched it explode.
“We saw the drone that looked like the size of half a bicycle. It came from the sky and we thought it was a boy playing with it,” said Pedro Peña, 62, who was in a seventh-floor apartment with Gladys Miquelena, 56.
Seconds after they saw it, it exploded, he said. “We were scared. It sounded like a bomb.”
There were reports of a gas leak and explosion, but witnesses dismissed them.
“It was not a gas leak. We have direct gas,” said Catherine Pita, 24, a neighbor. “It was a drone that hit the building and caused the fire. One girl was hit by flying glass on the head and was taken to the hospital.”
(Excerpt) Read more at washingtonpost.com ...
See claimed links to videos of two separate drone attacks in the WaPo article posted on these two twitter accounts:
https://twitter.com/Adriananunezr/status/1026185087283552256
” It came from the sky and we thought it was a boy playing with it,”
I thought Venezuela was a doddering mess, but somebody there thinks they’re doing well enough for “a boy” to have and be playing with a drone? They have people who can invest $10,000 or more in this project?
The attempt had nothing to do with CIA.
American left leaning intelligence
agencies are focusing on how to topple Trump.
“Interior Minister Néstor Luis Reverol said six “terrorists” were detained Sunday...”
How soon do you think that number will go from 6 to 6000 to 600,000? Maduro has his lame excuse now to open up the gulag.
Oh, they think the US and Columbia are behind it.
My wife saw footage today. She says that it was FAKE. People were waiting for the drones. FAKE.
What a really outstanding disgusting picture! Thanks for posting.
Ahh...the three amigos.
Well yeah, why waste time on some half baked South American, when you can go after the guy who exposed Hillary Clinton election rigging in the USA.
Two things immediately came to mind for me was his secret service had kevlar shields within arm's reach during the incident (as if it was pre-planned) and one group of soldiers "ran away" but the others nearby didn't.
Much like the ‘coup’ against Erdrogan I have a feeling that this is a false flag operation run by Maduro as an excuse to crack down even harder.
Would a “crackdown” be perceptible to the people of Venezuela? Would they know that one is in progress?
$4,999 a pop...
He is starving the people but not himself. A repeat of Marie Antoinette. The French knew what to do with her.
It certainly looked like a Fake Attack, with the well-rehearsed shielding of Maduro, and seemingly no one was surprised.
All of you will pay for making the Bus Driver crap his pants
Feeble attempt
His REAL name is Nicholas Manure-o.
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