Maduro: White House Orders Colombia to Kill Me

TEHRAN (defapress)- Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro has accused the United States of instructing the Colombian government to organize his assassination which failed in early August.

News ID: 73019

Date: 12 October 2018 - 15:32

"I am saying this to the entire world — the order to kill Maduro was given to the [Colombian] government in Bogota from the White House that wants to kill me," Maduro said in a nationally televised speech, stressing that any future assassination attempt on him would fail, press tv reported.

Maduro survived an assassination attempt in early August during a military parade in capital Caracas. He was unharmed while seven Venezuelan soldiers sustained injuries in the incident.

Venezuela's president has repeatedly accused Washington and Bogota, particularly Colombian ex-president Juan Manuel Santos, of having a role in the attack. Moreover, Venezuela has already said it would put the blame for any future attack on its territory on Colombia. The Colombian Foreign Ministry denied any involvement of Bogota in the assassination attempt on Maduro, according to a report by Sputnik news agency.

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