DW: Ousted Venezuelan opposition leader escapes house arrest, flees to Spain
Ousted Caracas mayor Antonio Ledezma has likened his escape to a film. He plans to take the fight against Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro abroad.
The ousted opposition mayor of Caracas arrived in Spain on Saturday after orchestrating a daring escape from house arrest in Venezuela.
Antonio Ledezma landed in Madrid from Bogota, Colombia, where he arrived a day earlier after slipping across the border. He was greeted by his wife and two daughters who live in Spain.
Ledezma said he planned to organize resistance from abroad to President Nicolas Maduro, under whose rule millions of Venezuelans have suffered from shortages of food and other basic supplies.
"I am going to travel the world to spread the hope of all Venezuelans to escape this regime, this dictatorship," Ledezma said.
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WNU Editor: He will be far more effective abroad than locked up in his home in Caracas.
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