ABC News Online: Venezuelan police tow deputy opposition leader Edgar Zambrano to jail in his car
Venezuelan security forces have detained opposition leader Juan Guaido's deputy, a week after Mr Guaido tried to spark a military uprising to bring down President Nicolas Maduro's government.
Edgar Zambrano, vice-president of the opposition-controlled National Assembly said on Twitter that agents from the SEBIN intelligence agency were using a tow truck to drag his vehicle, with him inside, to one of their Caracas bases.
"The regime has kidnapped the first vice president," Mr Guaido said on Twitter.
On Tuesday, Venezuela's pro-Maduro Constituent Assembly ruled to strip Mr Zambrano and six other opposition politicians of their parliamentary immunity to allow their future prosecution.
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WNU Editor: Venezuela's prisons are already overflowing with opposition leaders. Arresting the First Vice-President of the opposition controlled national assembly is not going to stop the growing unrest in Venezuela. It is only going to intensify it.
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