Colombian photographer Leonardo Muñoz was arrested with his Venezuelan driver Jose Salas while reporting on protests against the government. Hours later intelligence officers detained Spanish reporter Gonzalo Domínguez Loeda and Colombian TV producer Mauren Barriga Vargas at their hotel, EFE’s bureau chief in Caracas, Nelida Fernandez said. The Spanish government condemned the detentions and called on Caracas to release the journalists and the driver immediately. A French diplomatic source said on Wednesday that two French reporters covering the turmoil had been arrested and that the French Embassy was seeking their release. The French reporters were working for daily television program Quotidien, part of the TF1 television network.

Source: bd News24 January 31, 2019 08:37 UTC