FILE PHOTO: Venezuela's chief prosecutor Tarek William Saab holds a news conference in Caracas, Venezuela May 8, 2020. REUTERS/Manaure Quintero
CARACAS (Reuters) - Venezuela's chief prosecutor Tarek Saab on Monday announced charges of terrorism and weapons trafficking against an alleged U.S. "spy" who was detained last week in the South American country.
Saab said the U.S. citizen, Matthew John Heath, was plotting attacks against Venezuela's oil industry and electricity system. The OPEC member country, mired in a six-year economic crisis, is currently experiencing fuel shortages due to a collapse in output from its oil refineries as well as U.S. sanctions.
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