- Title: Venezuela opposition leader Lopez taken from home - wife
- Date: 1st August 2017
- Summary: CARACAS, VENEZUELA (FILE) (REUTERS) LOPEZ HOLDING VENEZUELAN FLAG AS HE IS ESCORTED BY AUTHORITIES AFTER HIS ARREST SUPPORTERS OF LOPEZ SHOUTING: "LEOPOLDO FRIEND, THE PEOPLE ARE WITH YOU" LOPEZ HOLDING VENEZUELAN FLAG AS HE IS ESCORTED BY AUTHORITIES AFTER HIS ARREST LOPEZ ON MONUMENT TRYING TO CALM THE CROWD LOPEZ SPEAKING INTO MICROPHONE TRYING TO CALM CROWD AS HIS WIFE, LILIAN TINTORI, STANDS NEXT TO HIM HOLDING CROSS LOPEZ AND TINTORI ON MONUMENT CARACAS, VENEZUELA (FILE - JULY 8, 2017) (REUTERS) VARIOUS OF LOPEZ APPEARING ON THE ROOF OF HIS HOUSE TO CHEERING CROWD AFTER BEING GRANTED HOUSE ARREST
- Embargoed: 15th August 2017 10:17
- Keywords: Opposition leader Leopoldo Lopez arrest vehicle marked with the word Sebin Venezuela's intelligence agency night arrest wife Lilian Tintori social media
- Location: CARACAS, VENEZUELA
- City: CARACAS, VENEZUELA
- Country: Venezuela
- Topics: Fundamental Rights/Civil Liberties,Government/Politics
- Reuters ID: LVA0026SBRQ6F
- Aspect Ratio: 16:9
- Story Text: Venezuelan security officials seized two opposition leaders from their homes in overnight raids, their families said on Tuesday (August 1), after they urged protests against a new legislative superbody widely denounced as anti-democratic.
Leopoldo Lopez and Antonio Ledezma were both under house arrest, the former for his role in leading street protests against President Nicolas Maduro in 2014 and the latter on charges of plotting a coup.
Lopez's wife Lilian Tintori posted a link to a video that appeared to show Lopez being led into a vehicle emblazoned with the word Sebin, Venezuela's intelligence agency.
"12:27 in the morning: the moment when the dictatorship kidnaps Leopoldo at my house," Tintori wrote on Twitter.
Lopez was granted house arrest in July following three years in prison for his role in anti-government street protests in 2014. His release was considered a major breakthrough in the country's political standoff. - Copyright Holder: FILE REUTERS (CAN SELL)
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