Venezuela illegally seizes US diplomatic bags

In a breach of protocol and international law, Venezuelan authorities have seized official US diplomatic bags from four American Embassy vehicles in Caracas.

The US Embassy protested the action, saying that American authorities followed all legal procedures in unloading the diplomatic cargo from US military aircraft. Regime officials accuse the US of smuggling weapons. The AP report about the incident appears in the China Post.

The Chavez regime accuses the US of smuggling "contraband."