Venezuelan Coup Plotter in Miami

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[This is an old report, but: Ah yes, and can Seqor  Carmona be far
behind...]

Times of London - April 24, 2002
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,3-277341,00.html

Venezuelan coup plotter 'in Miami'

by David Adams in Miami

IN THE aftermath of Venezuelas failed coup, the United States faces
further potential embarrassment after the discovery that several
alleged coup leaders fled to Miami.

They include Isaac Pirez Recao, 32, a reputed arms-dealer and heir to
a Venezuelan oil fortune. With a group of armed bodyguards, Seqor
Pirez Recao played a highly visible role in the April 12-13 coup,
according to reports in Caracas. As the coup unraveled, he is said to
have jumped into a private helicopter and escaped to the Caribbean
island of Aruba.

He and his brother and business partner, Vicente Pirez Recao, were
seen later in Miami, where they own properties. They did not return
telephone calls to their $500,000 beachfront flat in Key Biscayne, a
wealthy island suburb of Miami.

Under US law, the Secretary of State has the power to deny entry
visas or revoke their issuance to persons deemed to have potentially
serious adverse foreign policy consequences for the United States.
This power has been used in recent cases against Haitian military
officers and civilians alleged to have been involved in plotting a
coup. It was also applied to President Chavez after he led an
unsuccessful coup attempt in 1992.

The Venezuelan Government has asked the US for clarification of its
response to the failed coup, which Washington appeared at first to
welcome, but it has yet to make any official comment about the
presence of the Pirez Recao family on US soil.

Close advisers to President Chavez have called on the US to take
swift action. They should be taking the same position with these
people as they did with us, Lieutenant- Colonel Wilmer Castro, a
former air force officer who helped to restore Seqor Chavez to power,
said.

US officials declined to discuss the involvement of Seqor Pirez
Recao, saying that they are still investigating what went on during
the coup.
 
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