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Venezuelan President Wants Trump To Help Him Control ‘Terrorists’ After Assassination Attempt

Emily Zanotti

Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro wants President Donald Trump to help him fight the “far-right” “terrorists” that he claims are responsible for a failed assassination attempt on Saturday.

Maduro blamed Venezuelan expats, who he says reside in Colombia and in the United States — specifically in the state of Florida — for the attack. He promised a “crackdown” on his rivals, and called on the leaders of both Colombia and the U.S. to help him root out his exiled enemies and export them to face justice in Venezuela.

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