US EditionVenezuela’s top prosecutor orders the arrest of opposition leader’s ally, hours after his release
Venezuela's Public Prosecutor seeks house arrest for Juan Pablo Guanipa after his release and reported abduction amid ongoing political prisoner releases, with 383 freed since January, rights group Foro Penal said.
- On Monday, Maria Corina Machado said Juan Pablo Guanipa was kidnapped hours after his release, taken in the Los Chorros neighbourhood of Caracas.
- Freed on Sunday, Juan Pablo Guanipa was released after more than eight months in custody as part of a limited prisoner release programme launched earlier this year.
- Family members reported that Guanipa was ambushed by about 10 unidentified people at 11:45 p.m. Sunday; Foro Penal said, `We do not have clear information about who took him`.
- The Public Prosecutor's Office sought a court to revoke Juan Pablo Guanipa's conditional release, alleging breach of terms and requesting house arrest "in order to safeguard the criminal proceedings."
- Amid a wider prisoner-release effort, lawmakers preparing to vote Tuesday on an amnesty bill face uncertainty as rights groups report nearly 400 freed since Jan. 8 and around 700 still waiting.
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By Gonzalo Zegarra, CNN en Español. Venezuelan opposition leader Juan Pablo Guanipa was arrested Sunday night in Caracas just hours after being released from prison, marking the first known case of a political prisoner being rearrested since the Chavista regime announced a release program on January 8. Guanipa, a close ally of opposition leader María Corina Machado, was “ambushed by approximately 10 agents who had no identification” while at an …
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