India, Oct. 27 -- Venezuelan Vice President Delcy Rodriguez on Sunday claimed that the country's security forces had "captured a group of mercenaries" who intended to carry out a "false flag" attack in the region on the behest of the US Central Intelligence Agency (CIA).

The statement comes amid joint military exercises between the US and Trinidad and Tobago, which are currently underway in the Caribbean. Rodriguez condemned the exercises, claiming they were a military provocation by Trinidad and Tobago in coordination with the US.

According to the statement, Venezuela had captured a group of mercenaries "with direct information of the American intelligence agency" and whose goal it was to carry out a false flag attack in the region.

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