Venezuelan presidential candidate Pablo Medina said today that the Consul General of Venezuela in Miami, Acosta Antonieta Noguera Livia should be investigated for the case of an alleged link with Iran and Cuba in an alleged plot against America.
Medina's opposition Labour Movement and joined the request of several U.S. congressmen and activists Venezuelans in South Florida for the authorities to investigate this country's diplomacy.
"The report that came out is serious and it certainly has to be investigated, it is for the United States to act, but both countries should inquire," said the politician in a press conference in Miami.
Univision TV network aired a documentary last week "The Iranian threat" of an alleged plan in 2006 to attack the systems of several nuclear plants in the U.S., and the White House, the FBI and the CIA.
Some interviewees said that the embassies of Iran, Cuba and Venezuela would have participated.
Acosta Noguera and second consul, Jesus Blondell, did not respond to emails requesting an interview Efe and it was not possible to contact them by phone.
With regard to reports that Iran is exploiting South American country's uranium for nuclear purposes, the primary candidate for the February 2012 said that his sources have ruled that out.
"Reliable sources say that's not our problem in Venezuela is because to produce uranium required extensive excavation, earth moving and that's not the case," he said.
The Venezuelan government has said it plans to sell uranium to Iran and President Hugo Chavez has said that reports that the air route "is to bring terrorists and lead, uranium enriched not know how many follies", aim to justify an aggression against their nation.
Medina said that there is "accurate" about performing an airline flight between Caracas Venezuela and Iran.
"The mystery of these flights is because Venezuela is a transit from Russia to Iran to carry rockets, the famous Russian rocket S-300. We have information that the UN has allowed Russia to sell these missiles to Iran. It does this via Venezuela, that is the role of Chavez in that operation, "he explained.
For its part, the president of the organization of Venezuelans in Exile Politically Persecuted (Veppex), José Antonio Colina, also spoke in favor of investigating the consul.
"You can not use diplomatic immunity to foreign territory conspiring against national security, in this case the United States. I believe there is an important precedent because in the past she has violated federal laws by requesting photocopies of immigration documents of Venezuelans, "he told Efe.
Veppex sent a letter today to U.S. Secretary of State, Hillary Clinton, requesting that he remove the placet Noguera Acosta and another official of the consulate, Joseph Alexander Belandria Egardo for allegedly belonging to the Bolivarian National Intelligence Service ( Sebin).
"Something that is extremely serious (...) because it means that your true mission on U.S. soil is of espionage and persecution continue against Venezuelans who come to the U.S. for protection, "he said in the letter to which Efe had access.
Hill reported that the letter sent along with evidence provided by a former official of the Consulate of Venezuela in Miami who allegedly support the complaint.
Republican lawmakers from Florida, Ileana Ros-Lehtinen, Mario Diaz Balart and David Rivera, and the New Jersey Democrat, Albio Sires, also asked Clinton to investigate the accusations against the Venezuelan diplomatic and verified, ask the immediate departure of country.
"Proven, these actions demonstrate the willingness of Livia Antoinette to undermine U.S. interests and the potential threat to our national security representing their activities," he said in a letter.