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Headline: UNCAPTIONED: Venezuela Opposition Says Party Leader Kidnapped Hours After Release
Caption: Venezuela Opposition Says Party Leader Kidnapped Hours After Release. Venezuela’s opposition says senior party figure Juan Pablo Guanipa was kidnapped just hours after being freed from detention. Opposition leader María Corina Machado said Guanipa was seized in the Los Chorros neighbourhood of Caracas after heavily armed men in civilian clothes arrived in multiple vehicles and forced him away. Guanipa, a former vice-president of the National Assembly and leader of the Justice First party had spent eight months in prison and was among several political detainees released following the removal of Nicolás Maduro earlier this year. Justice First said Guanipa was taken by what it described as the “repressive forces of the dictatorship,” adding that weapons were pointed at those with him before he was driven away. The party said it held senior government figures responsible for his safety and called on the international community to demand Guanipa’s immediate release and an end to the persecution of Venezuela’s opposition. Instructions: THIS VIDEO MUST NOT BE EDITED FOR LENGTH TO COMBINE WITH OTHER CONTENT
Keywords: Current Affairs & Politics,Juan Pablo Guanine,Venezuela,opposition,party,politics,kidnapped,released,prison,Maria Corina Machado,Caraca,Nicolas Maduro,Los Chorros,neighbourhood,repressive forces,dictatorship
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