Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro has added three generals to the growing list of people and entities he accuses of plotting against him.
Maduro announced on Tuesday that his socialist administration had brought three Air Force generals before a military tribunal on charges of plotting a coup amid the anti-government protests wracking the country.
He said the generals, whose names he did not release, were working with the Opposition and their attempt failed because officers became alarmed. The announcement came during a meeting of South American Foreign Ministers aimed at easing the conflict between the Government and its increasingly strident opponents.
Since taking office last year, Maduro has routinely accused opponents of plotting a coup like the one that briefly ousted his predecessor, Hugo Chavez, in 2002. He has rarely offered details or proof and few arrests have been reported.