Maduro claims 'senior' US officials arrested in Venezuela

Venezuela's Nicolas Maduro claimed Wednesday that two senior US officials were among seven foreign "mercenaries" arrested days before his swearing-in for a third term.

The two Americans in the group arrested Tuesday and accused of plotting unspecified "terrorist" acts were a "senior FBI official" and a "senior military official," Maduro said at an event broadcast on state TV.

The arrests added to another 125 foreigners from 25 nationalities were being held over "a foreign mercenary aggression."