6 foreigners arrested in alleged plot to kill leader

Three Americans, two Spaniards and a Czech citizen were arrested Saturday after Venezuelan officials accused them of coming to the South American country to assassinate President Nicolás Maduro.

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The arrests were announced on state television by Interior Minister Diosdado Cabello. Cabello said the foreign citizens were part of a CIA-led plot to overthrow the Venezuelan government and kill several members of its leadership. In the TV program, Cabello showed images of rifles that he said were confiscated from some of the plotters of the alleged plan.