This combination of pictures created on August 01, 2017 shows Venezuelan opposition leader Leopoldo Lopez (L) giving a message from his house in Caracas, and a file photo taken on October 27, 2009 showing Caracas Mayor Antonio Ledezma speaking during a session of the Brazilian Senate's Foreign Affairs commission in Brasilia.
July 31, 2017
Venezuela Opposition leaders returned to jail
CARACAS, Venezuela (AFP) — Two Venezuelan opposition leaders who were sent back to jail from house arrest, were detained because of their political statements and because they were planning to flee, the Supreme Court said Tuesday.
The court said in a statement that “official intelligence sources” had discovered that Leopoldo Lopez and Antonio Ledezma — who were taken from their homes at dawn, causing an international outcry — were planning to flee.
It also said they had violated the terms of their house arrest, which banned them from “political campaigning” and “making statements to the media.”
