Venezuela's interior minister accuses U.S. of kidnapping migrant children

CARACAS, April 30 (Xinhua) -- Venezuelan Interior Minister Diosdado Cabello on Wednesday accused U.S. authorities of kidnapping children of Venezuelan migrants in the United States.

"Imperialism has no choice but to resort to extremes, including kidnapping Venezuelans and trying to divide families by stealing the children of migrants," Cabello said during an official event in Caracas.

The minister was speaking at a commemoration marking the sixth anniversary of the defeat of a failed coup attempt near an air base in the Venezuelan capital.

Cabello said that the U.S. government, along with its local "accomplices," has incited attacks against Venezuelan migrants after facing repeated setbacks.

The Venezuelan government had previously condemned U.S. authorities for separating a two-year-old child, Maikelys Espinoza, from her mother moments before her deportation to Venezuela. ■