Minister of Interior accuses Colombian intelligence service of spying

Western Hemisphere
Minister of the Interior and Justice Tareck El Aissami charged the Colombian Administrative Department of Security (DAS) with using its state security agency to spy in Venezuela and elsewhere in the region.

He said that following an investigation, three citizens were held in custody on October 2 in the city of Maracay. Two of them are Colombians and one is a Venezuelan. Their names are Eduardo González Himiob; Argenis Gutiérrez and Ángel Narciso Guanare.

"Once detained and brought to the competent authorities, some proceedings were carried out and a document resulted. We would like to show it today to the country and the entire world, because it reveals a major espionage operation against our country and against the countries in the region."

The minister said that the official document obtained by Venezuelan officials reports a spy operation against Venezuela.

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