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Deputy of Venezuela's Guaido arrested and dragged away by tow truck
Angus Berwick

CARACAS (Reuters) - Venezuelan opposition leader Juan Guaido said on Wednesday that intelligence agents had detained his deputy, the first arrest of a lawmaker since Guaido tried to spark a military uprising last week to bring down President Nicolas Maduro’s government.

Edgar Zambrano, vice president of the opposition-controlled National Assembly, which Guaido heads, 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.

On Tuesday, Venezuela’s pro-Maduro Constituent Assembly agreed to strip Zambrano, and six other lawmakers, of their parliamentary immunity to allow their future prosecution.

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Quite a buzz on this. We will see.