India, Jan. 25 -- "They gave us 15 minutes to respond, or they would kill us," said Venezuela's then vice president and now the interim President Delcy Rodriguez about the circumstances leading to the capture of ousted president Nicolas Maduro by American forces in a newly leaked video recording.

Her alleged remarks were made in a leaked audio clip from a meeting that lasted almost two hours and took place in Venezuela seven days after the US strike that led to the ouster of the former president. HT.com could not independently verify the authenticity of the video.

The recording, first reported by the local journalism group La Hora de Venezuela, shows how those in power moved quickly to take back control of the circulating narrative at t...