Venezuelan diplomat Ghazi Nasr al Din and fellow citizen and businessman Fauzi Kanaan, accused by the US government of working for Hezbollah, do not belong to the Lebanese Shiite group, sources told Efe.

The sources just denied that the two Venezuelans are members of Hezbollah and lamented the "stupid way" the United States treats some people, "including diplomats and wealthy people."

The sources added that their organization had plans to issue a related communiqué, but did not say when it would be.

The US government accused on Wednesday Nasr al Din and de Kanaan of working for Hezbollah, included them in its list of individuals linked with terrorism and ordered to freeze their assets in US territory.