Venezuela’s Guaido Says Intelligence Agents Have ‘Kidnapped’ the Vice President

Venezuelan interim president Juan Guaido, who many nations recognise as the country's rightful interim ruler, arrives on stage to deliver a speech during a meeting with workers of Venezuela's state oil company PDVSA in Caracas, Venezuela, on May 3, 2019. REUTERS/Ueslei Marcelino

Venezuelan interim president Juan Guaidó said on Wednesday that intelligence agents had detained his deputy, the first arrest of a lawmaker since Guaidó tried to spark a military uprising last week to bring down socialist dictator Nicolás Maduro’s regime.

Edgar Zambrano, vice president of the nation’s duly elected National Assembly National Assembly, 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.