Venezuela: Two ex-US soldiers charged with 'terrorism, conspiracy'
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Venezuela has charged two former United States soldiers with "terrorism" and "conspiracy" for allegedly taking part in a failed armed incursion aimed at toppling President Nicolas Maduro, according to officials.
Luke Alexander Denman and Airan Berry were among 31 people captured by the Venezuelan military who said they thwarted an attempted invasion by mercenaries in the early hours of Sunday morning.
Prosecutor General Tarek William Saab said on Friday they had been charged with "terrorism, conspiracy, illicit trafficking of weapons of war and (criminal) association", and could face 25-30 years in prison. Several attackers were reportedly killed in the ill-fated incursion.
Saab claimed Venezuela's opposition leader Juan Guaido was behind the mission
Maduro has accused US President Donald Trump of being directly behind the invasion, which came at a time of high tension between Washington and Caracas, and Saab said on Friday the Venezuelans involved would be tried for "conspiracy with a foreign government".
Trump rejected the accusation, saying on Friday: "If I wanted to go into Venezuela, I wouldn't make a secret about it. "I'd go in and they would do nothing about it.
They would roll over. I wouldn't send a small little group. No, no, no. It would be called an army," he said. "It would be called an invasion."
