Chavez accuses US of using its anti-drug flights to spy on Venezuela

Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez accused the United States on Tuesday of using anti-drug flights for spying _ and said that fighter jets are ready to defend Venezuela's sovereignty. Chavez said a U.S. Navy plane that flew into Venezuelan airspace during a purported anti-drug mission was actually involved in reconnaissance. «They are spying, even testing our capacity to react,» Chavez said in a televised speech. «We are not going to allow the violation of our sovereignty.