1.   AFP says the government accusations may stem from telephone calls by several coup participants to AFP during the coup.

2.   Chavez has come under criticism for promoting former coup participants to top government posts, and for giving the military a larger role in Venezuelan society.

3.   Chavez already had named several former coup participants to senior government posts, including Caracas governor, transportation minister and secret police chief.

4.   A Sao Tomean officer interviewed on Portuguese TSF radio said the coup participants would not be prosecuted.

5.   Coup participants last month lost the judicial immunity they had enjoyed for two decades when parliament scrapped the Indemnity Act in a move supported by Amnesty.

6.   Coup participants who briefly removed him from power in April had orders to kill him, President Hugo Chavez told legislators investigating the tumultuous events.