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Venezuela prosecutors seek arrest warrant for opposition leader after disputed election

Venezuela prosecutors seek arrest warrant for opposition leader after disputed election

Edmundo González, widely believed to have beaten President Nicolás Maduro in the election, faces arrest for alleged crimes carrying long sentences

Venezuelan prosecutors have asked for an arrest warrant to be issued against Edmundo González, the opposition politician widely believed to have beaten President Nicolás Maduro in the recent election, for alleged crimes that could see him spend the rest of his life behind bars if convicted.

González, a 75-year-old retired diplomat, was catapulted into the eye of Venezuela’s political storm earlier this year when he agreed to challenge Maduro in the 28 July presidential election in the place of the banned opposition leader María Corina Machado.

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