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Mayor López indicted for arrest of former Interior Minister
El Universal (Venezuela) ^ | Nov. 26, 2004 | Staff

Posted on 11/26/2004 2:00:47 PM PST by Kitten Festival

Mayor López indicted for arrest of former Interior Minister

The Attorney General's Office Friday indicted Leopoldo López, Mayor of the Chacao Municipality of Caracas, in connection with the detention of former Interior and Justice Minister Ramón Rodríguez Chacín in April 2002.

López was charged with housebreaking and false arrest against Rodríguez Chachín.

López said that he and his colleague Henrique Capriles Radonski, Mayor of the Baruta Municipality of Caracas, are innocent because they acted abiding by the law, and met an order that the Attorney General's Office itself issued.

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TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; Government; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: again; april2002; arrest; chacao; chavez; coup; cubans; hugochavez; latinameric; mayor; venezuela
Breaking and entering, my butt. Chavez is arresting his political opponents left and right. Mayor Lopez is not the first mayor of Caracas he's arrested and now he is arresting anyone in sight. This is true banana republic behavior and Venezuela deserves better.
1 posted on 11/26/2004 2:00:48 PM PST by Kitten Festival
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To: Kitten Festival

Venezuela is another Cuba in the making. Fully endorsed by Jimmy Castro.


2 posted on 11/26/2004 2:04:38 PM PST by MisterRepublican ("I must go. I must be elusive.")
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