The government of Venezuela’s socialist dictator Nicolás Maduro claimed in a Sunday statement that it captured an alleged “mercenary group” with “direct information” from the CIA. The statement from Maduro’s Vice President Delcy Rodríguez accused the alleged group of planning a “false flag operation” from around nearby Trinidad and Tobago and accused the small island nation of performing ongoing “military exercises” under “the coordination,

Venezuela claims to have captured ‘CIA backed cell plotting false flag attack’ as tensions with US grow - Venezuela believes Trump is trying to put pressure on President Maduro in order to displace hi

Venezuela on Sunday condemned what it said was a military provocation by neighboring Trinidad and Tobago in coordination with the U.S. Central Intelligence Agency, aimed at spurring a full military confrontation with the Latin American nation.

Venezuela accused Trinidad and Tobago of military provocation, allegedly coordinated with the CIA, aiming for confrontation. It claimed it had captured a group of mercenaries who possessed 'direct information from American intelligence agency'.

Two U.S. B-1B bombers flew near Venezuela’s coast Monday, marking Washington’s third show of force in the Caribbean in three weeks. The U.S. claims the flights are part of an anti-drug operation, but President Nicolás Maduro accuses Washington of staging “false flag” provocations and plotting regime change.

Venezuelan Foreign Affairs Minister Yan Gil Pinto has claimed that a fake attack on the US warship the USS Gravely currently docked in Trinidadian waters may be incoming as part of a “false flag” operation the Venezuelan government alleges is being carried out by the US.