Venezuela: Colombia paramilitary aided in killing

[Judi Lynn]

Venezuela: Colombia paramilitary aided in killing
| October 15, 2014 | Updated: October 15, 2014 7:36pm

CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) — Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro says a Colombian paramilitary group collaborated in the killing of a young Venezuelan congressman earlier this month.

Maduro presented surveillance video and what appeared to be a taped confession during a Wednesday news conference on the stabbing death of 27-year-old lawmaker Robert Serra.

The president alleged that a Colombian paramilitary group conspired with the socialist legislator's bodyguards to commit murder with the aim of destabilizing Venezuela.

Maduro previously accused former Colombian President Alvaro Uribe of participating in the plot. On Wednesday, he said Uribe maintains links to groups working against Venezuela.

http://www.chron.com/news/crime/article/Venezuela-Colombia-paramilitary-aided-in-killing-5825650.php

[Bacchus4.0]

1. Complete b.s. from Maduro, again. You forgot a sentence in the last paragraph.

Maduro previously accused former Colombian President Alvaro Uribe of participating in the plot. On Wednesday, he said Uribe maintains links to groups working against Venezuela. He has presented no evidence for either claim.

More b.s. from Maduro as the article continues: He said he will ask for the help of U.S. authorities in identifying and arresting extreme rightist groups in Miami and other cities that he said are trying to carry out attacks against Venezuela's socialist administration.

Maduro also said that days after Serra was slain, there were separate attempts to kill the president of Congress and the minister of education. He did not give any details or provide any evidence.



Why would he ask the US for help? He's accused Obama of trying to kill him. In the actual video of Maduro he makes no mention of Uribe or Obama as related to child molester Serra as he previously claimed.

[Zorro]

2. You don't think our LatAm motormouth deliberately left out that last sentence, do you?

Why on earth would she do that?

It's not like she has an agenda or an axe to grind or anything, right?

[Bacchus4.0]

3. An oversight I'm sure. Probably was spooked by Uribe n/t

[Zorro]

5. You're right

Any mention of Uribe seems to cause uncontrollable frothing.

And it's too late for a Urabies shot.

[The Magistrate]

4. It Will Be Interesting To Watch As Things Develope, Ma'am

Nothing inherently unreasonable in the charge.