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Eugene

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Thu Feb 19, 2015, 08:55 PM Feb 2015

Venezuela arrests opposition mayor of Caracas: witnesses [View all]

Source: Reuters

Venezuela arrests opposition mayor of Caracas: witnesses

BY BRIAN ELLSWORTH
CARACAS Thu Feb 19, 2015 7:28pm EST

(Reuters) - Venezuelan intelligence agents on Thursday arrested opposition leader and Caracas metropolitan mayor Antonio Ledezma, witnesses said, after accusations he was involved in a coup attempt against President Nicolas Maduro.

The agents took him from his office in the banking district of Caracas, without giving a reason, according to witnesses including an opposition legislator and Ledezma's wife.

"I just saw how they took Ledezma out of his office as if he were a dog," wrote opposition legislator Ismael Garcia via Twitter. "They broke down the doors without an arrest warrant."

The arrest adds to tensions one year after the start of three months of opposition demonstrations demanding the resignation of Maduro, whose popularity rating has tumbled amid a recession and chronic product shortages.

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Read more: http://www.reuters.com/article/2015/02/20/us-venezuela-opposition-idUSKBN0LN2EA20150220
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