Vice president of Venezuelan congress detained
09 May 2019 |
12:37 pm
The vice president of Venezuela's National Assembly, Edgar Zambrano, has been detained and towed to prison in his car. He was apprehended for alleged support of an uprising arranged by opposition leader Juan Guaido.
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