Venezuela intelligence agents detain Guaido aide, legislator: Guaido press team

FILE PHOTO: Venezuelan opposition leader Juan Guaido, who many nations have recognised as the country’s rightful interim ruler, takes part in a rally against President Nicolas Maduro’s government in Valencia, Venezuela, March 16, 2019. REUTERS/Carlos Jasso/File Photo

March 21, 2019

CARACAS (Reuters) – Venezuelan intelligence agents have detained Roberto Marrero, chief of staff to opposition leader Juan Guaido, as well as opposition legislator Sergio Vergara, Guaido’s press team said on Thursday.

The agents had raided the Caracas residences of Marrero and Vergara before dawn on Thursday, Guaido said via Twitter.

(Reporting by Brian Ellsworth and Vivian Sequera; Editing by Toby Chopra)

Source: OANN