Venezuela: Terrorist admits sabotage plan

[Judi Lynn]

Venezuela: Terrorist admits sabotage plan
Sunday, July 18, 2010
By Tamara Pearson, Merida

Francisco Chavez Abarca, who was recently extradited to Cuba, has admitted being contracted by Cuban-born terrorist Luis Posada Carriles to carry out destabilising acts in Venezuela in the lead-up to the September National Assembly elections.

Posada Carriles is a former CIA agent wanted for his role in a 1976 attack on a Cuban plane that left 73 passengers dead. He lives in Miami. The US government, going against international law, has refused Venezuelan and Cuban requests to extradite him.

Chavez Abarca was arrested when arrived at Caracas international airport on July 8 after it was discovered an Interpol arrest warrant out for him.

Footage of Chavez Abarca being interviewed by Venezuela’s Bolivarian Intelligence Service (SEDIN) was obtained by the regional Telesur TV network. The footage showed Chavez Abarca admitting his superior was Posada Carriles.

Chavez Abarca allegedly came to Venezuela to help plan actions to sabotage the left-wing government of President Hugo Chavez in the September poll.

Asked what sort of actions, Chavez Abarca said: “Riots in the streets ... tyre burning ... the other thing that could be done is attack one political party ... so the (pro-Chavez) parties start fighting.”

A key strategy of the US-backed right-wing opposition in recent years before elections has been to cause violent riots, as well as help manufacture a scarcity of certain food items.

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