CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) - Military intelligence officers have captured a former general was wanted for involvement in bombings that rocked the Spanish Embassy and Colombian Consulate two years ago in a reputed attempt to embarrass the government of President Hugo Chavez.
Defence Minister Gen. Jorge Garcia Carneiro said in a statement broadcast on state television Sunday that former National Guard Gen. Felipe Rodriguez was captured Saturday "after a difficult search at the national and international level."
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Rodriguez was among top military officers who rose up against Chavez in a short-lived 2002 coup. He later helped lead demonstrations in a plaza in Caracas along with other military commanders opposed to Chavez's leftist government.
Prosecutors have charged Rodriguez, along with former lieutenants, Jose Antonio Colina and German Varela, of carrying out the attacks on the Spanish and Colombian diplomatic missions in February 2003, which injured four people. They face charges of placing explosives, damage to property and causing personal injuries.
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