Perez Recao said to be connected to high profile opposition embassy bombings

<a href=www.vheadline.com>Venezuela's Electronic News Posted: Thursday, May 22, 2003 By: Patrick J. O'Donoghue

In the latest revelations surrounding the case of the Spanish and Colombian embassy explosions, opposition April 11 (2002) coup financial backer Isaac Perez Recao and an Italian car battery businessman ... referred to as Gianni ... allegedly financed terrorist acts against Spanish and Colombian diplomatic buildings and the Teleport Center where government-opposition negotiations had been taking place.  

According to the police, Perez Recao was contacted abroad and paid part of 500 million bolivares towards a destabilization bombing campaign that allegedly had been hatched at a Los Ruices apartment where rebel Generals, Enrique Medina Gomez, Felipe Rodriguez and Nestor Gonzalez and Colonel Yucepe Piglieri met several times.  

The money was spent on buying C4 explosive and hiring people to place the bombs ... among whom were 2 persons in charge of Plaza Altamira security, currently under arrest for their alleged part in the murders of three rebel privates and a young lady. 

Reports allege that State Political & Security (DISIP) Police and CICPC investigations point to former DISIP agent Julio Galati, National Guard (GN) Lieutenant Antonio Colina, Navy Corporal Pedro Sifontes, Luis Chacin Sanguines, alias “Armadillo” and the Italian businessman's bodyguard Ernesto Lovera. 

Sifontes is said to have told Judge Deyanira Nieves that Lovera handed "Armadillo" C4 explosive and the latter monitored the placing out of the explosives from a motorbike.