Venezuela Announces Terrorism Charges Against Guaido Ally After Highway Arrest

Venezuela Announces Terrorism Charges Against Guaido Ally After Highway Arrest
Venezuela's opposition leader Juan Guaido speaks to the media, in Caracas, Venezuela, on July 12, 2021. Leonardo Fernandez Viloria/Reuters
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CARACAS—Venezuelan prosecutors on Monday said they had charged opposition politician Freddy Guevara with terrorism and treason, among other allegations, after the country’s intelligence service arrested him from his car on a Caracas highway.

Guevara is a close ally of opposition leader Juan Guaido, who is recognized as the South American country’s legitimate president by the United States and others. Guaido said unidentified armed men threatened him with arrest earlier on Monday as he left his apartment in an effort to assist Guevara.