Vladimir Padrino Lopez refused to back the uprising and has remained loyal to President Nicolas Maduro.
Figuera claimed he was part of a U.S.-supported plot that would finally force Maduro from office. He said the plan was to flip the Chief Justice of Venezuela's Supreme Court Maikel Moreno, who would convince enough other justices to withdraw support for the president.
Figuera claimed the plot had the support of Moreno and Defense Minister Vladimir Padrino Lopez, whose support was the. Padrino said he would abandon Maduro and support the revitalized National Assembly, denying Maduro one of his staunchest and most significant allies. On April 27, Figuera said he met with both Moreno and Padrino at Padrino's home. Both appeared nervous during the short conversation, he recalled, and"kept looking at each other nervously."
As April 30 dawned and Guaido—standing at La Carlota military base in Caracas—called on citizens to rise up, it quickly became apparent that the coup was a non-starter. Moreno failed to deliver the National Assembly's powers and Padrino failed to abandon Maduro. Asked to turn himself in, Figuera instead fled across the border to Colombia into the arms of American intelligence agents.
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