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Venezuela arrests three for killing of opposition candidate
Source: Reuters
World | Mon Nov 30, 2015 3:43pm EST
Venezuela arrests three for killing of opposition candidate
CARACAS | BY ANDREW CAWTHORNE
Authorities arrested three people on Monday suspected in the murder of an opposition leader that shook Venezuela and drew international condemnation in the run-up to this weekend's election for a new legislature.
Opposition leaders blamed last week's shooting of Luis Diaz, 44, a candidate for the Democratic Action party in central Guarico state, on the ruling Socialists.
But President Nicolas Maduro's government has furiously denied that. Officials say Diaz was a well-known criminal caught in a gang dispute linked to unions in Guarico, whose death was being manipulated to discredit the Socialist Party.
The Prosecutor General's Office named three men, aged between 22 and 28, whom it said were arrested on Monday morning in the town of Altagracia de Orituco where Diaz was killed at a rally.
"The three men will be accused in coming hours for their presumed link to Luis Manuel Diaz's death," the office said, without giving further details.
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Venezuela arrests three for killing of opposition candidate
CARACAS | BY ANDREW CAWTHORNE
Authorities arrested three people on Monday suspected in the murder of an opposition leader that shook Venezuela and drew international condemnation in the run-up to this weekend's election for a new legislature.
Opposition leaders blamed last week's shooting of Luis Diaz, 44, a candidate for the Democratic Action party in central Guarico state, on the ruling Socialists.
But President Nicolas Maduro's government has furiously denied that. Officials say Diaz was a well-known criminal caught in a gang dispute linked to unions in Guarico, whose death was being manipulated to discredit the Socialist Party.
The Prosecutor General's Office named three men, aged between 22 and 28, whom it said were arrested on Monday morning in the town of Altagracia de Orituco where Diaz was killed at a rally.
"The three men will be accused in coming hours for their presumed link to Luis Manuel Diaz's death," the office said, without giving further details.
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Read more: http://www.reuters.com/article/2015/11/30/us-venezuela-election-idUSKBN0TJ2KV20151130
