Venezuela claimed it captured a “mercenary group” linked to the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) on Sunday, and accused them of aiming to spark a military conflict with the South American country.

“A false flag attack is underway in waters bordering Trinidad and Tobago or from Trinidadian or Venezuelan territory to generate a full military confrontation with our country,” Venezuelan Vice President Delcy Rodriguez said in a statement .

Rodriguez claimed the mercenary group was captured “with direct information of the American intelligence agency, CIA.” 3

The Venezuelan official did not provide any evidence to substantiate her wild claims, including the number of people captured, where they were from, what was found on them and what they were allegedly plotting.

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