Ex-Official Arrested in Alleged Anti-Chavez Plot
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From Times Wire Reports
Venezuelan troops arrested a former finance minister accused of links to an anti-government plot, National Guard Gen. Alberto Betancourt said.
Retired Gen. Francisco Uson served briefly in President Hugo Chavez’s Cabinet before resigning during a short-lived 2002 coup. Police have arrested at least seven military officers after rounding up more than 100 Colombians who the government says were being trained as an anti-Chavez paramilitary force.
Opponents say the alleged plot is a pretext to disrupt their bid to hold a referendum on Chavez’s rule.
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