According to Cabello, the detainees confessed the shipment was part of a “false flag operation” designed to incriminate Venezuela in international drug trafficking and justify external aggression. “The four detainees are saying they work for the DEA,” Cabello told state television, calling the alleged plan a “maneuver for destabilization.”
Authorities said the boat originated in Colombia’s Guajira region and was connected to a trafficking group called “Los Orientales,” allegedly led by Gersio Parra Machado. Cabello argued that the operation demonstrated Venezuela’s commitment to combating narcotics without resorting to lethal force. “We don’t apply the death penalty,” he said, drawing a contrast with U.S. military strikes on alleged drug vessels in the Caribbean.
I think admitting it was an attempt at a false flag operation is the last thing such an operative would do if captured…
And Diosdado Cabello is not the most trustworthy figure.
Here is part of the original live announcement: https://videos.telesurtv.net/es/content/360738
I could only find a long version on Youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YVfXTDKrrHs with a kind of bad English dub.
That assumes a level of competence the administration hiring and directing these “operatives” has failed to show again and again, I honestly wouldn’t be surprised if the agents in question are still teenagers.