Applying STRATFOR analysis to breaking news Venezuelan Minister of Interior and Justice Tarek El Aissami announced April 6 that eight Colombians had been detained for spying on Venezuela's national electricity grid with the intent of destabilization and sabotage. He said that the Colombians were caught before the Easter holiday with documents written in English and photographs of various power stations, transmission lines and road infrastructure in Aragua and Barinas states. In a few hours, he added, he would show the incriminating evidence to the Venezuelan public. With Venezuela's electricity crisis worsening by the day, there are many countries (Colombia and the United States included) that have an interest in collecting data on the country's dams and thermoelectric plants in trying to gauge the severity of the crisis. Consequently, the Venezuelan government has been increasing its censorship of the country's electricity data.