Venezuela Opposition Leader Faces Judge at Military Jail
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Detained Venezuelan opposition leader Leopoldo Lopez faces arraignment at a military prison outside Caracas amid calls from supporters for more protests after a fifth person died following violence yesterday.
Lopez hasn’t been allowed to meet with legal counsel a day after being arrested and sent to the Ramo Verde military prison, his lawyer Juan Carlos Gutierrez said today in comments broadcast by television station Globovision. A federal court said the move to the military site from the Palace of Justice was done to protect the 42-year-old opposition leader’s life, according to Gutierrez.