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On April 4, Maduro ordered Venezuela's military to protect power plants. He did so following suspicious Cararcas and Aragua state outages. 

He called them opposition efforts to wage "electricity" and "economic war." He stressed the urgency of protecting "national security."

Venezuela's state-run National Electricity Corporation (Corpoelec) found 11 burned out transformers throughout Aragua state. Electrical lines were cut. Company president Argenis Chavez cited sabotage. 

So did Maduro. He warned about other pre and post-election disruptions. Venezuela Analysis reported a foiled plot. On Friday, Vice President Jorge Arreaza announced it.

It involved Salvadorian mercenaries. They "wanted, but could not, intervene to disrupt the peace of the republic at the last minute." Maduro explained more, saying:

"A group of mercenaries has entered the country from Central America. They have 3 objectives. They are coordinating with right wing groups from a Central American country, and they have coordinated with some of the sectors connected to the opposition candidate."

One of their key objectives, he added, was to assassinate him days before April 14. Doing so would create an electoral and constitutional crisis.

On Thursday, he said security forces arrested Colombian paramilitaries. They've been operating covertly. They had Venezuelan military uniforms. 

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