[News] US diplomat flees Venezuela rather than face charges

[Anti-Imperialist News]

Published: Friday, January 27, 2006
Bylined to: <mailto:features @ vheadline.com>Prensa Latina

US diplomat flees Venezuela rather than face charges of CIA espionage

Prensa Latina: The naval attache of the US Embassy in Venezuela, John 
Correa, has left the country after his participation in an espionage 
case involving several Venezuelan low-ranking officers was revealed.

When he realized the espionage network had been discovered, Correa 
organized the escape of several of the officers involved to Miami, 
and then he fled when Venezuelan authorities called him up for a 
meeting, according to a report on Friday's VEA newspaper.

Vice President Jose Vicente Rangel confirmed some low-ranking 
officers were leaking top secret information to the Pentagon through 
Correa who, making use of his diplomat status, recruited the 
Venezuelan officers for US intelligence services.

Quoting reliable sources, VEA daily indicated the leaked information 
dealt with kinds of weapons and operating capacity of Venezuelan 
naval units, as well as classified information of the armed forces.

It was also disclosed that Correa was member of the Central 
Intelligence Agency with the highest rank in Venezuela, and was 
linked to the April 2002 coup ... he incited insubordination among 
Venezuelan officers in public incidents at the Altamira Plaza as well.


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