Former Venezuelan Defense Minister General Raúl Isaías Baduel claimed on Monday that he was the victim of an assassination attempt when he was driving from Maracay, 50 miles west of Caracas, to the Venezuelan capital.

According to the former close ally of Venezuelan President Hugo Chávez, he was driving with his son and he was attacked by two armed men driving in a Toyota Yaris car. Baduel said in a Venezuelan TV program that the men shot his car three times.

Baduel appeared Monday morning in the Attorney General Office to report the attack.