Op­po­si­tion Leader Pen­ne­lope Beck­les has ex­pressed con­cern for the safe­ty of Trinidad and To­ba­go na­tion­als in Venezuela fol­low­ing re­ports of US mil­i­tary at­tacks in Cara­cas, in­clud­ing claims that Pres­i­dent Nicolás Maduro was cap­tured.

In a state­ment is­sued on Sat­ur­day, Beck­les said while some in­for­ma­tion re­mains un­clear and un­con­firmed, the sit­u­a­tion in Venezuela is a se­ri­ous con­cern for Trinidad and To­ba­go, Cari­com, and the wider Caribbean.

She not­ed that the Prime Min­is­ter’s brief state­ment made no ref­er­ence to the coun­try’s em­bassy in Cara­cas and placed on record her con­cern for the wel­fare of em­bassy staff and all Trinidad and To­ba­go na­tion­als in the coun­try. Prime Min­is­ter Kam­la Per­sad-Bisses­sar said Trinidad and To­ba­go played no role in any Unit­ed States mil­i­tary op­er­a­tions in Cara­cas.