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In the face of immense public protests and under pressure from some quarters of the military {Link without Title} Carmona was removed by civil authorities and Chávez was restored to office. Some Chávez supporters have alleged that the coup attempt was bankrolled and/or encouraged by the government of the United States , a charge the U.S. denies. After the failure of the coup, Carmona was placed under house arrest and was accused of usurping the presidency and of engaging in rebellion. When a Venezuelan court ordered his transfer to another prison, Carmona managed to flee from his residence to the Colombia n Embassy, where he asked for political asylum. On May 27 , 2002 , the Colombian administration of President Andrés Pastrana Arango granted him asylum, an act which was rejected, but simultanously respected as legally valid, by Venezuelan authorities. Carmona was allowed safe passage to exit the embassy by the Venezuelan government, and arrived in Bogotá on a Colombian military flight on May 29 , 2002 , proceeding to check into a residential compound on that same date. Prior to the coup and his subsequent exile, Carmona was president of Fedecámaras (the Venezuelan Federation of Chambers of Industry and Commerce), Venezuela's largest business-owners' association. SEE ALSO EXTERNAL LINKS
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