A federal officer reportedly sought to convince the chief pilot of Venezuela's authoritarian President Nicolas Maduro to divert one of his flights to a place where he could be apprehended by U.S. forces, according to a new report.
The Associated Press detailed that agent Edwin Lopez offered the pilot, Gen. Bitner Villegas, a vast amount of money if he accepted. The pilot did give the agent his phone number, but did not commit to carry out the operation.
