AFP, CARACASVenezuelan intelligence agents on Wednesday detained a senior leader of the opposition-controlled Venezuelan National Assembly, the first arrest of a lawmaker since a failed uprising against Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro last week. Edgar Zambrano said agents had towed him and his vehicle to prison after he refused to get out of the vehicle. Zambrano is a deputy to Venezuelan National Assembly President Juan Guaido, who organized the revolt on Tuesday last week and is recognized as the country’s leader by more than 50 states. “They are trying to destroy the power representing all Venezuelans, but they will not achieve it,” Guaido said. Shortly before his arrest, Zambrano said on Twitter that agents of the Bolivarian Intelligence Service had encircled his vehicle outside the headquarters of the Democratic Action party.

Source: Taipei Times May 09, 2019 15:56 UTC