Minister of the Interior and Justice Ramón Rodríguez Chacín reported that he instructed the Scientific, Criminal and Criminology Investigation Agency (Cicpc) to investigate into a claim filed on Monday by former Minister of Defense, retired General Raúl Isaías Baduel, on a presumed attempt at killing him.

Rodríguez said that as soon as he learned about the event on the media, he contacted with multiple entities, such as the Attorney General Office, Cicpc, the Directorate for Intelligence, Security and Prevention (Disip) and the Directorate for Military Intelligence (DIM). However, none of them had received any complaint.

Later, he ordered an investigation and the Cicpc head told him that Baduel had filed his claim with a delegation in central Aragua state.