US officials met secretly with Venezuelan military officers who were plotting a coup against Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro, both a current and a former US official confirmed to CNN.
American
officials met with the renegade Venezuelan military officers several
times over the last year after the Venezuelan officers made contact, but
Washington ultimately decided against supporting the coup, the two
sources said.
The US did
not provide the Venezuelan officers with any support and the plans for
the coup ultimately fell apart, the sources said.
The
Trump administration's discussions with the Venezuelan military
officers about a potential coup were first reported Saturday morning by
the New York Times. The current and former US officials confirmed to CNN that report is accurate...
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