Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez is accusing some of his opponents of offering $100 million to anyone who assassinates him.
Chavez did not give any details or evidence to support his claim but said the owner of the pro-opposition Venezuelan Globovision television station, Guillermo Zuloaga, is among those behind the alleged plot.
"They are collecting money to pay someone to kill me," Chavez told reporters in Caracas. "As I understand it from very trustworthy information, they say they have 100 million U.S. dollars to give to the person that kills me. He's [Zuloaga] one of them and he's the owner of a station that is transmitting right now in Venezuela."
The leftist leader described Zuloaga, who fled to the United States this year after being charged with fraud, as a fugitive from justice and urged Venezuelan authorities to take action against him.
Zuloaga has denied wrongdoing, saying prosecutors are carrying out a vendetta against him as directed by Chavez.
Chavez, whose government is an ally of Iran and Russia, has often accused opponents of trying to topple him.
compiled from agency reports
Chavez did not give any details or evidence to support his claim but said the owner of the pro-opposition Venezuelan Globovision television station, Guillermo Zuloaga, is among those behind the alleged plot.
"They are collecting money to pay someone to kill me," Chavez told reporters in Caracas. "As I understand it from very trustworthy information, they say they have 100 million U.S. dollars to give to the person that kills me. He's [Zuloaga] one of them and he's the owner of a station that is transmitting right now in Venezuela."
The leftist leader described Zuloaga, who fled to the United States this year after being charged with fraud, as a fugitive from justice and urged Venezuelan authorities to take action against him.
Zuloaga has denied wrongdoing, saying prosecutors are carrying out a vendetta against him as directed by Chavez.
Chavez, whose government is an ally of Iran and Russia, has often accused opponents of trying to topple him.
compiled from agency reports
