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Published: Friday, January 27, 2006<br>
Bylined to: <a href="mailto:features @ vheadline.com">Prensa Latina</a>
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</font><font face="Georgia" size=5 color="#7F0000">US diplomat flees
Venezuela rather than face charges of CIA espionage<br><br>
</font><font face="Georgia" size=2><b>Prensa
Latina:</b></font><font face="Georgia" size=3> 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. <br><br>
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<dd>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. <br><br>
</dl><font face="Georgia" size=2>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. <br><br>
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<dd><font face="Georgia" size=3>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. <br><br>
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</dl><font face="Georgia" size=4 color="#7F0000">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. <br><br>
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