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Helicopter bomber planned further mayhem, says Venezuelan President
Nicolas Maduro also accused the Colombian embassy of offering asylum to the rogue police officer
Venezuelan Intelligence Service arrive to the Junquito highway during an operation to capture Oscar Perez

ROGUE chopper cop Oscar Perez and his gang were plotting further mayhem when police gunned him down, Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro said last night.

Mr Maduro said: “We are informed that they had prepared a car bomb to detonate in front of an embassy.”

He also accused the embassy of neighbouring Colombia of promising the fugitives asylum “after they had placed the bomb.”

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