U.S. denies man arrested in Venezuela is drug agent | U.S. | Reuters

The United States on Friday denied that a man arrested in Venezuela worked for the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration, after local authorities reported the detainee had identified himself as a DEA agent.

“He is not a DEA agent and he is not a U.S. citizen,” said deputy press attache Jennifer Rahimi.

A DEA agent arrest in Venezuela could have stoked tensions between the United States and one of its biggest oil suppliers. Anti-U.S. President Hugo Chavez ended all cooperation with the agency in 2005.