Frederic Laurent Bouquet's expulsion was announced via a tweet by Iris Varela, the minister for the prison system.
"Frederic Laurent Bouquet
was sentenced to four years (in Venezuelan jail), after confessing to
plotting against Chavez. He had an arsenal in his possession" Varela
tweeted.
According to Venezuelan
state-run National Radio and the state-run Venezuelan TV station,
Bouquet was arrested in 2009 with three men from the Dominican Republic.
He had multiple guns as well as explosives and other military gear with
him, according to reports.
"This arrest is a serious
blow to terrorism and to those groups that seek to drag into Venezuela
scenes of blood and confrontation," Tarek El Aissami, then-interior
minister, told reporters at the time.
El Aissami at the time
said Bouquet had military experience and had spent some time in Israel.
He also said Bouquet was presumed to be a French intelligence agent.
In her tweet, Varela said
Bouquet's deportation complies with a Venezuelan law that allows the
government to expel anyone who jeopardizes the security and defense of
the nation.
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