Assassination Plot Widens (Hugo Chavez)

[Joanne98]

CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) -- Immigration officials played a role in an alleged paramilitary plot to assassinate President Hugo Chavez, a top federal investigator said Tuesday.

Miguel Rodriguez, director of Venezuela's federal police, said officials helped 102 Colombians travel from western Tachira state to a ranch outside the capital, where they were among 130 people arrested in May. The group intended to kill Chavez, according to investigators.

"Inside complicity ... was logical in order to move this number of people into Venezuela," Rodriguez said.

Jesus Jaimes, a former immigration official, told the local El Universal daily on Monday he received orders to escort the Colombians from the border to the capital.

Prosecutors have charged the Colombian nationals with "military rebellion," and they remain in the custody of Venezuela's military. Some detainees were suspected of having ties to Colombia's outlawed right-wing militias.

Earlier this month, Venezuela offered amnesty to 14 detained Colombians in exchange

http://edition.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/americas/07/27/venezuela.immigration.ap/index.html

Chavez is bashing Bush again. HAHA

[Joanne98]

1. This is a dupe

Please lock this threads mods. thanx