Venezuela formally charges Caracas mayor

[WorldNews]

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Prosecutors in Venezuela formally charged Caracas mayor and opposition politician Antonio Ledezma Tuesday with staging a US-funded attempted coup against President Nicolas Maduro. The charge comes as Maduro -- an elected socialist -- heads to a regional leaders' summit in Panama Friday at which Obama is to meet with Maduro's key political ally Cuban President Raul Castro. "The Prosecutors' Office on Tuesday formally charged Caracas mayor and opposition member Antonio Ledezma, who was arrested February 19, with allegedly supporting groups plotting to use violent acts to destabilize the country," it said in a statement. Caracas' chief prosecutor Jose Luis Orta charged Ledezma, 59, with conspiracy and plotting with the as-yet unnamed individuals, and requested that he not be set free, the office's statement added.

 

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