CARACAS (Reuters) -Venezuela’s Interior Minister Diosdado Cabello said on Monday he has ordered flights from Colombia suspended, after the arrests of more than three dozen people, including some 17 foreigners who arrived via Colombia, for alleged conspiracy.

Venezuelan authorities regularly decry conspiracies and planned attacks against President Nicolas Maduro, the country’s power grid and other targets.

They often point the finger at the country’s opposition, which they say works hand-in-glove with the United States to attack the country, accusations both the opposition and Washington have always denied.

Thirty-eight people have been arrested in connection with the alleged conspiracy, Cabello said during a press conference with local media.

“We have given the instruction to suspend a

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