Sunday, April 28, 2013

American filmmaker charged with 'plot to overthrow Venezuelan government'

 
 
 

 

An American filmmaker was formally charged late Saturday by Venezuelan officials who accuse him of paying right-wing groups to foment postelection unrest on behalf of U.S. intelligence.
The federal prosecutor's office said Timothy Tracy, 35, of West Hollywood, California, was charged with crimes including conspiracy, association for criminal purposes and use of a false document.
On Thursday, President Nicolas Maduro said he had personally ordered Tracy's arrest on suspicion of "creating violence in the cities of this country" in the wake of an April 14 presidential election narrowly won by the hand-picked successor to Hugo Chavez.


Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2315995/American-filmmaker-charged-plot-overthrow-Venezuelan-government.html#ixzz2RlHpRg8x

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