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Iran Had Military Presence in Uranium-Rich Area of Venezuela, Former General Says
(Fox News Latino) Ninoska Marcano - The Venezuelan government's close ties to Iran pose a real threat to the security of the hemisphere, retired Brig. Gen. Antonio Rivero, a former insider in the government of Hugo Chavez, told Fox News Latino during a visit to Washington. Now in exile, Rivero said that about a decade ago, as the commander of a post in Bolivar state, Rivero saw Iranian troops in the area. He believes they were involved with the extraction of uranium. "Tractor and automobile plants were built in areas that had easy access to uranium extraction," Rivero said. "I found clues that indicated the plants probably served as a commercial smokescreen to hide the extraction of uranium."