Venezuela arrests six military and police officials, say families and NGOs
The arrests come nearly two months after a failed uprising against President Nicolas Maduro called by opposition leader Juan Guaido
23 June 2019 - 19:38
Caracas — Venezuelan authorities have arrested six members of the country’s military and police forces over the weekend, according to relatives of the detainees and human rights activists, as President Nicolas Maduro seeks to weed out dissent.
Air Force Brig-Gen Miguel Sisco Mora was arrested on Friday afternoon in a parking lot in Guatire, some 40km east of the capital, Caracas, his daughter Stephanie Sisco said...
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