Posada Carriles’ participation in assassination plot revealed
CARACAS, June 21.— Former Venezuelan vice president José Vicente Rangel today identified the international terrorist Luis Posada Carriles as a participant in a plot to assassinate President Hugo Chávez in El Salvador, PL reports.
Rangel said that the operation, code named "Omega," likewise had the participation of Vice Admiral Carlos Molina Tamayo and business executive Tomas Halberson, both of them Venezuelans living in El Salvador.
The discovery of that plan impeded Chávez’ presence at the inauguration of Salvadoran President Mauricio Funes.
Rangel confirmed in his Sunday program "José Vicente Today" broadcast by the private Televen channel, that "Posada Carriles activated old contacts" for the attempt, masterminded by Halberson.
Rangel stated that the Omega plot included the purchase of missiles to bring down the presidential aircraft, "linked to information that the entry of weapons via the state of Zulia from across the Colombian border is increasing."
Coincidentally, President Chávez confirmed today that, in Tiniquillo, in the west of the country, Venezuelan forces were attacked with machine guns and rifle fire by an armed band with many indications of being a paramilitary force.
Translated by Granma International
http://www.granma.cu/ingles/2009/junio/lun22/Posada-Carriles.html