Venezuelan former Defense Minister reports assassination attempt
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.
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