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Venezuela launches criminal probe against opposition leaders amid protest crackdown

Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro greets supporters next to first lady Cilia Flores during a rally in Caracas on August 3, 2024. © Pedro Rances Mattey, AFP

Venezuela's attorney general, Tarek Saab, announced a new criminal probe against opposition candidate Edmundo Gonzalez and leader Maria Corina Machado after they posted a letter urging the country's security forces to "stand by the people" protesting President Nicolás Maduro's contested victory in the July 28 presidential election. 

Venezuela is launching a criminal probe against the opposition leaders contesting last month's election for inciting police and military officials to break the law, the country's top prosecutor said, as security forces targeted people they say committed violent crimes during recent election protests.

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