Chávez did not name the plotters, but made it quite clear who he was referring to. The conspiracy, he said, was being nurtured 'outside Santo Domingo in the house of the great capo.' Almost everyone instantly recognised this as an allusion to former Venezuelan President Carlos Andrés Pérez, who spends his self-imposed exile commuting between Santo Domingo, Miami and New York.
The Venezuelan President said he had informed Mejía personally of the plot, but that Mejía had 'made light' of it. For his part, Mejía said that neither he nor the Dominican intelligence services had any information about the affair - and that if Chávez had anything to tell him he should use diplomatic channels.
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