Venezuela says it foiled attack by boat on main port city

Venezuelan officials said they foiled an early morning attempt by a group of armed “mercenaries” to invade the country in a beach landing using speedboats Sunday, killing eight attackers and arresting two more. Cabello said it was carried out by neighboring Colombia with the United States backing the plot to overthrow President Nicolás Maduro – a claim dismissed by U.S. and Colombian officials. “Those who assume they can attack the institutional framework in Venezuela will have to assume the consequences of their action,” said Cabello, adding that one of the detained claimed to be an agent of the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration.

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