The Venezuela-Mexico diplomatic crisis was fabricated up there, Venezuelan ambassador to Mexico Vladimir Villegas told reporters, according to official news agency ABN.

Villegas arrived in Venezuela early Tuesday after being discredited as diplomatic representative following an impasse between Venezuelan President Hugo Chávez and his Mexican counterpart Vicente Fox.

During an interview with official TV channel Venezolana de Televisión, Villegas maintained that political sectors and the media in Mexico spread a smear campaign against Venezuela.

"A magazine virtually states that I belong to Al Qaeda, with presumed files and links with subversive organizations and a whole war of misinformation in Mexico before my arrival and which escalated upon my arrival."