CARACAS, Venezuela: Three Venezuelan air force generals accused of plotting a coup against the leftist government of President Nicolas Maduro were arrested on Tuesday (Wednesday in Manila), amid a widening crackdown on the opposition.

The unidentified generals were in contact with opposition politicians and “were trying to get the Air Force to rise up against the legitimately elected government,” Maduro told a meeting of South American foreign ministers.

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