update 4: In a dramatic escalation, Bloomberg reports that an armored car has plowed into a crowd of protesters demonstrating outside the La Carlota Air Force base in Caracas — scene of prior clashes and reported exchanges of live fire.
https://twitter.com/AlertaNews24/status/1123254853268955137
Per Bloomberg: “An armored car has plowed into protesters, apparently crushing some, at La Carlota air base in Venezuela. Demonstrators had launched barrages of rocks and Molotov cocktails at the vehicles patrolling its perimeter.”
Video appears to show an armored car running over one or more protesters in Venezuela https://t.co/SvtLJs7BUG
— Steve Lookner (@lookner) April 30, 2019
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update 3: Things are getting hotter in Venezuela, as Reuters reports that a pro-Guaidó gathering at the La Carlota military air base came under fire and shot back.
In this video, what sounds like gunfire can be heard.
Militares pro Maduro atacaron a @jguaido y @leopoldolopez y a los militares sublevados en el doatribuidor Altamira pic.twitter.com/xJynGSJU3L
— Rafael Hernández (@sincepto) April 30, 2019
update 2: Secretary of State Mike Pompeo says Guaidó has the White House’s full support in the opposition leader’s call for military uprising against Maduro, and is monitoring closely.
There are further unconfirmed reports suggesting limited groups of National Guard soldiers may be defecting to the Guaido-led opposition, and at least some videos coming out of Caracas appear to show clashes between the rival factions, but Maduro is claiming to have the “total loyalty” of the armed forces.
Read the rest here: https://www.zerohedge.com/news/2019-04-30/venezuela-says-its-putting-down-ongoing-armed-coup-attempt