US rejects claims of CIA involvement in alleged plot to kill Maduro after Venezuela arrests six

State department says allegations of American collusion are 'categorically false' as US navy member identified among foreign citizens detained The US state department rejected wild allegations of CIA involvement in an alleged assassination plot against Nicolás Maduro after Venezuelan officials announced the arrest of three Americans, two Spaniards and a Czech on Saturday. The claims of a plot against Maduro - the Venezuelan president, whose recent re-election is contested - were made on state t...