Investigators says Ukraine may be behind the attack
Venezuelan military defectors call on US to arm them
Meanwhile Trump warns US citizens not to visit the oil-rich country
Juan Guaido, who declared himself interim president of Venezuela, speaks with the media outside the National Assembly, in Caracas, Venezuela, yesterday
VENEZUELAN military defectors have called on the United States and its right-wing Latin American allies to provide them with weapons to use against the democratically elected government.
Two former soldiers, speaking yesterday with a reporter for the US corporate media giant CNN at an undisclosed location, said they wanted to arm other defectors inside the country who support the self-appointed “interim” president Juan Guaido.
“As Venezuelan soldiers, we are making a request to the US to support us, in logistical terms, with communication, with weapons, so we can realise Venezuelan freedom,” former lieutenant Carlos Guillen Martinez said.
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