Venezuela’s Interior Minister has alleged that the detained individuals were part of a unit tasked with assassinating Maduro.

Venezulan officials say a fourth U.S. citizen has been arrested in connection with an alleged plot to kill President Nicolás Maduro. It follows the arrest of three other U.S. citizens on Saturday.

Five Americans have been arrested in a sweep launched by Venezuela’s socialist regime to dismantle what the government claims is mercenary force assembled by the CIA and Spain’s intelligence service to topple strongman Nicolás Maduro.

In an alleged assassination bid, Venezuelan authorities have detained at least four US citizens, along with two Spaniards an