US Not Involved in Maduro Assassination Attempt

Senior White House official John Bolton on Sunday denied that the US was involved in the detonation of several drones on Saturday in what is being described as a failed assassination attempt on Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro. Bolton, the US National Security Advisor to US President Donald Trump, asserted that there was no American involvement in the explosions, following accusations by Maduro of complicity and responsibility by actors in neighboring Colombia and the US state of Florida, according to CNBC.com. “I can say unequivocally there is no US government involvement in this at all,” Bolton said in a Sunday interview, cited by Reuters. The senior Trump appointee raised the possibility that Maduro’s own … Continue reading US Not Involved in Maduro Assassination Attempt