Venezuelan prosecutor seeks arrest warrant for opposition's former presidential candidate
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On Monday authorities in Venezuela sought an arrest warrant for Edmundo González, the timing of the action from officials comes over a month after Maduro's election win.
The prosecutor seeking the warrant in its request to a judge focused on terrorism-related crimes cites various charges against González, a former diplomat, including conspiracy, falsifying documents and usurpation of powers. Venezuela opposition leader Maria Corina Machado, opposition candidate Edmundo González Urrutia and sitting President Nicolas Maduro next to protests against recent election results. (Getty Images) Government loyalists hold a poster of the late former President Hugo Chavez outside the presidential palace during a rally in support of President Nicolas Maduro's reelection one month after the presidential vote, in Caracas, Venezuela, Wednesday, Aug. 28, 2024. (AP Photo/Ariana Cubillos) Opponents of Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro's government protest in Caracas on July 29, 2024, a day after the Venezuelan presidential election. Protests erupted in parts of Caracas Monday against the re-election victory claimed by Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro but disputed by the opposition and questioned internationally, AFP journalists observed. (Raul Arboleda/AFP via Getty Images)