Rebel National Guard (GN) General implicated in opposition bombing campaign

<a href=www.vheadline.com>Venezuela's Electronic News Posted: Wednesday, April 16, 2003 By: David Coleman

CICPC police detectives have succeeded in identifying Tairo Aristigueta as one of the alleged killers of three Plaza Altamira soldiers in a crime which opposition propagandists led by anti-government Globovision TV News had hysterically claimed had been orchestrated by President Hugo Chavez himself.

Globovision is today playing down the revelations as Aristigueta joins Gregory "El Zorro" Umanez in police custody following ID procedures conducted by 11th Control Court judge Deyanira Nieves.

Sources close to the Official Ombudsman's Office are now claiming that there are clear links with criminals behind last week's bombing at the Caracas Teleport building and the bombings at the Colombian Consulate and Spanish Embassy last month ... which Globovision and the opposition had been over-hasty to blame on the government as well!

CICPC national investigations commissioner Carlos Medina insists that the Teleport explosion was the work of anti-government opposition radicals and says that traces of Semtex C4 explosives found at the scene of last weekend's bombing and at the scenes of the diplomatic mission bombings are from the same source.

National Ammunition & Explosives (CAVIM) experts are "well-advanced" in tracking down the origin of the explosives and Medina insists that a series of arrests are expected shortly.  "We already have names and locations of those who were involved but I would prefer to wait for court arrest warrants before we give further information."

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