Caracas.– The Venezuelan police have foiled, what they describe as, a potential assassination plot against President Hugo Chavez.
On Friday, the police captured a French national and three
Dominicans naming them respectively as the alleged plotter and three of
his henchmen.
According to press reports, the Frenchman, Laurent Frederic Bouquet, was seized while trying to
flee the country via the northeastern Margarita International Airport
following a crackdown on his Caracas house where the police had found a
"high-caliber arsenal".
The weapons cache included firearms, grenades,
large-scale bullets and high-level explosives like C4 with
detonators. The 32-year-old had "military training in addition to being a sharpshooter," said Interior Minister, Tariq El Aissami.
"There is a sector of the irrational opposition in this country
that still cherish the idea of spoiling the revolutionary process," he
added. The alleged coup leader has been taken to the capital to undergo interrogation.
From: Dominican Republic, Boycott Dominican Tourism
"On Friday, the police captured a French national and three Dominicans naming them respectively as the alleged plotter and three of his henchmen. "
The Death Penalty for these men, they should be lined up and shot, Enough with all the assassinations.
Hugo Chavez is a democratically elected president, we live in a world where presidents can not lead their countries they way they want to.
The United States and other countries try there best to topple our leaders.
DOMINICANS remember Juan Bosch, and please watch the new film by Rene Furtunato
Written by: BLANCO, 10 May 2009 12:53 PM
From: Dominican Republic
could not hve been serious. a frenchy and 3 dominicans. come on
From: Afghanistan, BAF
Well, for once I'm proud of the French....But It seems the opposition to the Communist theiving regime would be better off hiring a profesional type outfit to take care of this or perhapse establish a link between the Chavez Regime and the FARC / Cartells once his assosiations with terroist and drug dealers is in the open the gloves can come off, The oil compaies which were robbed would do well to scuttle their opperations before pulling out, why leave the thugs with a set up infrastructure,,,....Assasinating Chavez will only serve to vulcanize the leftist, better he be locked away in a supermax in Ohio to serve as an example to the other despots in the area like Evo and the Santanista Ortega, these developments are a result of our neutered forign policy under our own leftist regime currently in power. Why does the world so Love Obama ? Because they think they can finaly push us around and get away with acting against our interest...
Written by: Trujillo, 10 May 2009 1:12 PM
From: Dominican Republic
So now the US was behind this too, just like it is behind every assassination plot against the "democratically elected" Castro brothers. We've had people plot to kill a president, but that's ok as long as they are "your leaders". We've also had democratically elected dictators, and if you still can't see where Hugo Chavez is going, then you're blind.
Written by: TN1804 
, 10 May 2009 1:30 PM
From: Canada, Montreal
They should all been killed our jailled
From: Dominican Republic, Parque Colon statue of Anacaona
..................The alleged coup leader has been taken to the capital to undergo interrogation. ...........It will not be waterboarding for them They will bring in the Stasi trained Cubans for this
From: Dominican Republic, Dando pela en las 5 esquinas
People pls 3 domincans an a french national , comeon now.
this look to me like a stage episode of the simpson, who you kidding, Hugo is just trying to justify the recent waves of violence towards his political opponents.
From: United States, Brooklyn
Why are my people in this mess... Chavez is a friend of the DR lets not harm the man
From: Dominican Republic, Parque Colon statue of Anacaona
carlito the commie says nutty hugo is our buddy hahaha
From: United States, MD
why would 3 dominicans and a french be part of this? I think it would be the venezuelans taking revenge on chavez.
From: United States, Yonkers, NY
Too bad they weren't successful. Blame it on the French guy. He probably surrendered before they got started.
From: Dominican Republic
I thought they were going to topple Leonel!
Written by: agibus , 10 May 2009 9:01 PM
From: United States
French mercenaire "a la guillotine" .The trio los pollos dominicanos al horno de chillaxin201.
Chavez received many attenpts from his ennemies.But this is a little bizarre to me.France and DR embajadors in Caracas must have some infos about those guys.Leonel y Sarko are friends .Special service will find the contact or it will stay secret.Let's wait and see.
Como onda Hugo? Sigues el leader de la Republica Boliviana de Venezuela.
Written by: agibus , 10 May 2009 9:16 PM
From: United States
Venezuelian people never like dominicans.Because of three damn foolish dominicans they can ask all the dominican community to leave the country.
Written by: anthonyC, 10 May 2009 9:18 PM
From: United States
HAHAHAHAHA
What is dumber.
Another alleged assassination plot against Chavez....
or......
People who actually believe the story?
Written by: agibus , 10 May 2009 9:54 PM
From: United States
Venezuela is important partner to DR .Petrol at low price.The attenpt to President Chavez is not at the right momentum.3 Dominicans murderers involved in this adventure give DR a terrible position as a country with good points of serious progress.Is DR will define the dark side of the paradise?
From: Dominican Republic, Boycott Dominican Tourism
Written by: agibus, 10 May 2009 9:16 PM
From: United States
Venezuelian people never like dominicans.Because of three damn foolish dominicans they can ask all the dominican community to leave the country.
They should be given the death penalty, or I hope the Good people of Venezuela take care of them....
Written by: anthonyC, 10 May 2009 11:16 PM
From: United States
Really?
You guys believe this story?
Really?
How many plots or attempts have the Ven. government announced over the years without any proof?
They never show proof. They never have any proof. They just say that there was an plot against that great Hugo Chavez.
Really?
Are you people that dumb?
Written by: Vivacuba, 11 May 2009 12:42 AM
From: Dominican Republic
...Looks like the CIA is hiring right out of high school these days. The lack of education in american schools is really starting to show its colors.
Written by: xwill7, 11 May 2009 9:31 AM
From: United States, Chicago
agibus,
keep petro at a low price??? gasoline and disel are more expensive in DR than other contries
From: United States, Richmond, Texas
I lived and worked 6 years in Venezuela under the Chavez Government and there must have been an alleged assassination attempt folied every 3 to five weeks during the first year of his presidency. It has become so commonplace that the Venezuelan people do not even listen anymore to this BS. Of all of the alleged plots, NEVER has there been any proof offered nor shown that this has happened. In a couple of days the announcement that a political opponent is corrupt and will serve jail time will put this on the back burner with ther other alleged plots. For the folks that believe this non-news..................
http://www.eluniversal.com/2009/05/08/indice.shtml Fridays edition of El Universal of Caracas, no menton of the plot
http://www.eltiempo.com.ve/noticias/masleidas.asp Most read stories from a paper in Puerto La Cruz, not there either
http://www.talcualdigital.com/index.html Another Caracas newspaper
Funny it only appears in a DR newspaper and not in Venezuela
Written by: agibus , 11 May 2009 10:18 AM
From: United States
So this canular is just publicty.DT is listening clowns.Send us the clowns.
From: United States, New York & DC
From: United States
despite the fact that this story really might not have any legs, it would be a case of deja vu all over, as Yogi Berra once observed. did not Trujillo try to foment a plan to assassinate Romolo Betancourt, the then president of Venezuela?
Written by: bienamor, 11 May 2009 11:19 AM
From: Dominican Republic, Santo Domingo
Well look at it this way, it took everyones mind off the fact that at the same time he was using the military to do some more nationalization of the oil production.
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/05/09/world/americas/09venez.htmlLots of stuff in the penthouse wonder how they got it all into the country, or where they bought it there. scopes, reloaders, C4, detenators. thousands of rounds of ammo, military uniforms. hell were they trying for Chaves, or a revolution?
encontraron 13 fusiles, entre los que se encuentran 3 FAL, dos metralladoras y 3 escopetas; medio kilogramo de C-4; aproximadamente 5 mil cartuchos de diferentes calibres; máquinas para recargar proyectiles; radios de comunicación profesionales de larga distancia; 8 facsímiles de armas de fuego; gran cantidad de uniformes militares y 9 potes de pólvora
From: United States, Richmond, Texas
Written by: zak325, 11 May 2009 11:34 AM
From: United States
Damn! Chavez must be one of the luckiest SOB's on the planet earth, since 2002 this guy must have foiled fore than 100 attempts on his life, either the Venenezuelan intellegence apparatus is the best in the world , or Chavez is protected by the hand of God.
From: Dominican Republic, Parque Colon statue of Anacaona
Zaik that was Lou Gehrig
Written by: zak325, 11 May 2009 4:17 PM
From: United States
So you mean Chavez has Lou Gehrigs disease? another yankee plot :)
From: Dominican Republic, Parque Colon statue of Anacaona
Yes they are playing on the grassy knoll and yelling Yankees go Home !
Written by: hvargas, 11 May 2009 8:06 PM
From: Dominican Republic
So, when someone is caught with fireams and explosive it automatically becomes an attempt against a President. Where are the evidence demonstrating that these individual where plotting to assassinate Chavez --- notes, conversations and so on. Who pays them and to what group do they claimed they belong.
From: Dominican Republic, Parque Colon statue of Anacaona
Are these are the same guys who framed Alex and Manny ?
Written by: BASTA, 12 May 2009 10:37 PM
From: Dominican Republic, = Ghetto-SPM-Barrio Blanco
Why does the world so Love Obama – Well for one thing he is not looking to kill one million Philippinos etc etc. The US is by far number one in the hate parade for all its crap and if you trust, your government try asking an Indian.
Written by: Bailarin , 14 May 2009 1:08 PM
From: Dominican Republic
With Fidel as his first base coach , I bet that book he handed to Obama was the first autographed copy of ''200 ways to kill Chavez ''.
From: Afghanistan, BAF
Written by: BASTA, 12 May 2009 10:37 PM
From: Dominican Republic, SPM
Why does the world so Love Obama – Well for one thing he is not looking to kill one million Philippinos etc etc. The US is by far number one in the hate parade for all its crap and if you trust, your government try asking an Indian.
No one in the Military want's to kill Philipinos , Not-with standing the rag headed ones in the southern islands blowing folks up and raising hell.;
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The Death Penalty for these men, they should be lined up and shot, Enough with all the assassinations.
Hugo Chavez is a democratically elected president, we live in a world where presidents can not lead their countries they way they want to.
The United States and other countries try there best to topple our leaders.
DOMINICANS remember Juan Bosch, and please watch the new film by Rene Furtunato
People pls 3 domincans an a french national , comeon now.
this look to me like a stage episode of the simpson, who you kidding, Hugo is just trying to justify the recent waves of violence towards his political opponents.
Why are my people in this mess... Chavez is a friend of the DR lets not harm the man
Chavez received many attenpts from his ennemies.But this is a little bizarre to me.France and DR embajadors in Caracas must have some infos about those guys.Leonel y Sarko are friends .Special service will find the contact or it will stay secret.Let's wait and see.
Como onda Hugo? Sigues el leader de la Republica Boliviana de Venezuela.
What is dumber.
Another alleged assassination plot against Chavez....
or......
People who actually believe the story?
From: United States
Venezuelian people never like dominicans.Because of three damn foolish dominicans they can ask all the dominican community to leave the country.
They should be given the death penalty, or I hope the Good people of Venezuela take care of them....
You guys believe this story?
Really?
How many plots or attempts have the Ven. government announced over the years without any proof?
They never show proof. They never have any proof. They just say that there was an plot against that great Hugo Chavez.
Really?
Are you people that dumb?
keep petro at a low price??? gasoline and disel are more expensive in DR than other contries
http://www.eluniversal.com/2009/05/08/indice.shtml Fridays edition of El Universal of Caracas, no menton of the plot
http://www.eltiempo.com.ve/noticias/masleidas.asp Most read stories from a paper in Puerto La Cruz, not there either
http://www.talcualdigital.com/index.html Another Caracas newspaper
Funny it only appears in a DR newspaper and not in Venezuela
And @ Texasshoe: you must not have been looking too hard eh?
http://www.eluniversal.com/2009/0....ridades-incautan_08A2322063.shtml
http://www.el-nacional.com/www/si....da-Los-internacionales-en-Caracas
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/05/09/world/americas/09venez.html
Lots of stuff in the penthouse wonder how they got it all into the country, or where they bought it there. scopes, reloaders, C4, detenators. thousands of rounds of ammo, military uniforms. hell were they trying for Chaves, or a revolution?
encontraron 13 fusiles, entre los que se encuentran 3 FAL, dos metralladoras y 3 escopetas; medio kilogramo de C-4; aproximadamente 5 mil cartuchos de diferentes calibres; máquinas para recargar proyectiles; radios de comunicación profesionales de larga distancia; 8 facsímiles de armas de fuego; gran cantidad de uniformes militares y 9 potes de pólvora
Does not say a plot to kill Chavez, says they found a cache of arms; How does one become the other????? I was looking for the story of an assassination attempt and still have not found one
http://www.eluniversal.com/2009/0....ridades-incautan_08A2322063.shtml
http://www.el-nacional.com/www/si....da-Los-internacionales-en-Caracas
From: Dominican Republic, SPM
Why does the world so Love Obama – Well for one thing he is not looking to kill one million Philippinos etc etc. The US is by far number one in the hate parade for all its crap and if you trust, your government try asking an Indian.
No one in the Military want's to kill Philipinos , Not-with standing the rag headed ones in the southern islands blowing folks up and raising hell.;